Creative Educational Systems

Is there a better way to get an experiential understanding of Native American culture than by performing one of its folktales? And one of the most colorful characters, bound to bring laughter to the performers and audience alike, is the Native American trickster Coyote. This story explains the origin of fire and will delight and instruct both audience and cast. Synopsis:In Coyote, the Firebringer, Coyote experiences cold weather for the first time when the Seasons are created. He decides that h

Young students will be proud of their work as actors in this musical play adaptation of the story of the Little Red Hen. Young audiences will too, and in addition to their understanding the process of how bread is made, the message to help others comes across loud and clear. Synopsis:When the Little Red Hen decides to bake some bread one day, her friends, the barn yard animals, refuse to help her despite her requests at each step of the process. But when the bread is finished the animals are all

Young science students will thrill to the clash of ideas about the nature of the universe presented here in play form, which they can act out. As the ancient Greek astronomers debate whether the sun or the earth is the center of the universe, the evolution of scientific thought comes to life for the actors who are performing and watching this play. Synopsis:At the meeting of the Athens (Greece) Astronomical Society, the hostess anxiously presents their most famous guest speaker of all time, the

Can history, literacy, and the arts be integrated all at the same time? Imagine your students presenting a readers' theatre performance of this story of a young cowboy's coming of age in the American Old West. They will feel good about themselves, improve their reading and speaking skills, and teach themselves and their audience something about the realities of cowboys in the Wild West. Synopsis:When a young lad finds himself looking for work in the Wyoming of the Old West, he takes a job as a c

What better way to learn the essence of the ancient culture of Japan than to act out one of its traditional stories? Your students will experience, first hand, the delightful story of a woman who learns that kindness is its own reward and that not everything comes in large packages... sometimes the most precious things are actually the smallest. Synopsis:In The Sparrow Maiden, an old man and an old woman live on the side of the mountain. They are very different, the man being kind and the wo

Is there a better way to get an experiential understanding of Native American culture than by performing one of its folktales? And one of the most colorful characters, bound to bring laughter to the performers and audience alike, is the Native American trickster Coyote. This story will delight and instruct both audience and cast, as it explains the origin of the stars and why Coyote howls at the sky. SYNOPSIS:In Coyote and the Stars, the People are asked by First Man and First Woman to each bes

Students will engage in reading, listening, and speaking as they perform this delightful Reader's Theatre version of the Princess and the Pea. If desired, the show can become a narrated pantomime, fully produced with costumes, etc., for an experience you and the students will be proud of. Synopsis:A Prince searches far and wide for the Princess of his dreams to marry, but to no avail. One stormy night, when he thinks all is lost, a young, bedraggled maiden appears at his castle door claiming to

Is there a better way to get an experiential understanding of Native American folklore than by performing one of its tales? And one of the most colorful characters, bound to bring laughter to the performers and audience alike, is the Native American trickster Coyote. This story explains the origin of the blue bonnet flowers and will delight and instruct both audience and cast with a good moral. Synopsis:Coyote and the Blue Flowers is a variation on the legend of how the blue bonnet flowers were

This delightful musical play adaptation of Lon Po Po, the Chinese Red Riding Hood fairy tale, will have your audience laughing in stitches and your students feeling proud of the comical characters they have created. Synopsis:In Lon Po Po, The Chinese Red Riding Hood, Mother has to go to Grandma Po Po's house to bring her a birthday basket of goodies. She makes the girls promise to lock the door and not let in strangers. But the Wolf arrives as soon as she is gone and disguises himself as their

In a frollicking romp with delightful animal characters, this play, based on an old, short African animal fable, explains why the Hare never drinks at the watering hole with the other animals, and teaches the lessons of cooperation and compromise in working out problems which affect a community. Synopsis:During one of the worst droughts in history, the animals that inhabit the desert decide they have to dig in the ground to find water to survive. Every animal agrees to go into town and find work

This classic English Fairy Tale will come to life for your students as they perform a comical rendition of the familiar Jack and the Beanstalk, enchanting the audience and feeling good about themselves, as well. Synopsis:A terrible Giant is terrorizing the countryside, eating people and stealing their belongings. Jack's father has been killed by the Giant, and with no money or food left in the house, Jack's Mother sends him to sell their only Cow. Jack trades the Cow to a Traveller for some mag

How about teaching a great lesson in humility and compassion while allowing your students to build their self-esteem in performance? This comical treatment of Emperor's New Clothes brings Hans Christian Andersen's story to life for performers and audience alike. Synopsis:The Emperor of a distant land loves clothes. He is so enamoured of looking at himself in his looking glass in his fine new fashion that he is continually using the royal treasury to buy himself clothes and ignoring the serious

Let your students enjoy and understand the mythic origins of the culture of Mexico with this play script called The Boy Who Could Do Anything, the dramatic adaptation of the legend of QuetzalCoatl, the God of Mexico's culture, who is believed to have brought corn for food, the arts and crafts for livelihood and beauty, and music and dancing for happiness and joy to his people. Your students can be proud of the production they create, while learning from this multicultural experience. Synopsis:T