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The Lower East Side: Development of Dramatic Literature for Elementary Schools
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puerto Ricans--Drama.
- Puerto Ricans.
- Chinese Americans--Drama.
- Chinese Americans.
- Jews--Drama.
- Jews.
- Drama in education.
- Teaching resources.
- Local Subjects:
- Jews.
- Puerto Ricans.
- Teaching resources.
- Physical Description:
- 3 items.
- Other Title:
- The dance and the railroad.
- La morena.
- Grand Street.
- Place of Publication:
- 1980-1981.
- Summary:
- Contains three plays developed for use in grades 4-6 as teaching aids on the ethnic groups of the Lower East Side: Grand Street: Teacher's Manual a 56 page play about Jews in the Lower East Side and a guide for classroom discussion and additional reading assignments on the topic; The Dance and the Railroad: Teacher's Manual a 78 page play about the Chinese railraod workers' strike in 1867 and a teacher's guide with background information and discussion questions; and La Morena: Teacher's Manual a 68 page play about a Puerto Rican family coming to New York in the 1940s with discussion questions and an essay on Puerto Rican migration.
- Notes:
- This project was supported by the Ethnic Heritage Studies Program.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- OCLC:
- 18460816
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