~☆~ 2nd Grade Stars ~☆~

Today was rather depressing because it was the last day of teaching for my group. However, we made sure to remain in good spirits and ended our teaching in one of the most engaging ways possible. In this case, we decided that meant that we were going to make our second graders stars. After reviewing all of the material that we covered, we split the students up into four groups of five or six students, each of which were supposed to create a poster for their play and put on a performance. Each student had an acting role, but they were also in charge of the following tasks: Director (2), Poster Creators (2), and Time keeper (1). 

The plays consisted of the following:

Taxation Without Representation (My Group)

Narrator 1: Some people moved from England to North America in hopes for freedom.

Narrator 2: These people were known as colonists, and they created the 13 colonies

Narrator 1: But, when they got to the 13 colonies, the British still treated the colonists unfairly.

Colonist 1: Oh Patrick Henry, can you believe the taxes that the British are making us pay!

Patrick Henry: I know, it is just not fair!

Colonist 2: We are already paying taxes to our own colony!

Colonist 3: Yeah! We don't want to pay taxes to England too!

Patrick Henry: And now they want us to pay even  more taxes!

Colonist 1: We shouldn't have to pay taxes if we are not represented in the British government..

Colonist 2: Yeah! There are no colonists that are part of the British government to tell them how unfair they are being!

Patrick Henry: And taxation without representation is not fair!

Colonist 2: The King will not even let us make our own rules!

Narrator 2: The colonists decided that they were no longer going to buy anything from Britain because of their unfair taxes.

Colonist 3:  We must bring all 13 colonies together and fight the British!

Everyone: Give us freedom! Give us freedom! We want our freedom! No taxation without representation!


Overall, I felt that the plays went very well. The students were very engaged and the plays focused on all aspects of our chapter, Thirteen Colonies, One Country. I only wish that we had more time for the students to practice or even create props. For next time, I know that giving second graders a poster and play in thirty minutes is not enough time.