History Plays for the Grammar Grades
Mary Ella Lyng
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A charming collection of 14 short American history plays for the very young - ranging from Christopher Columbus to George Washington to Susan B Anthony. (Summary by Maria Therese)
Cast:
Narrator; First Maid of Honor; Second Woman: Availle
Narrator; Queen Isabella; Pocohantus: CaprishaPage
Columbus; First Merchant; Blount; Squanto; Robert E. Lee: Tom Causby
Wise Man; Captain Newport; King; Court; People; Richard Henry Lee; Californians; Auctioneer; Union Soldier: Libby Gohn
Luis; John Smith; William Penn; Noble; First Woman; First Boy; British General; Men; Secretary to the President; Mr. President; Abraham Lincoln; Soldier: Charlotte Duckett
Second Merchant: Courtier; Officer: Aidan Brack
Powhatan; William Penn, Sr; Second Maid of Honor; Samoset; Third Boy; Father Gibault; Senator Benton; Ezekiel Webster; Wise Man of Spain: Maria Therese
Walter Raleigh; Bradford; Young George Washington; Second Man of the House; Mr. Sherman; Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Elizabeth Klett
Queen Elizabeth: Verity Kendall
Indian Chief; Second Man: rookieblue
Francis Drake; Governor Carter; Benjamin Franklin: Nathanial W.C. Higgins
Man; First Man; Second Boy; Robert Livingston; Father; Mr. Seward: bala
Narrator; Susan B. Anthony: Victoria Martin
People; Third Man of the House; General Scott; Mr. Haynes: Kristingj
Standish: Thomas Jefferson; George Rogers Clark; Andrew Jackson; President Van Buren; Henry Clay; John Hanks; Ulysses S. Grant: Amanda Friday
Brewster; Mr. Hancock; General Flores; Officer: David Olson
Narrator; One of the Girls: Pamela Krantz
Mrs. Washington: Brittania
Fourth Boy; Speaker; Member of the House: Frances Brown
Patrick Henry: Grace
Men of the House; Other Man; Member of Congress: TriciaG
John Adams; John Fremont; John Calhoun: Arielle Lipshaw
Older George Washington: Delmar H. Dolbier
Daniel Webster: nomorejeffs
Audio edited by: Maria Therese; Hugh Gillis; Elizabeth Klett and Arielle Lipshaw (1 hr 31 min)
Chapters
| Christopher Columbus | 7:19 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| John Smith and Pocahantus | 3:35 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | 4:04 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| William Penn | 2:34 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Sir Francis Drake | 4:26 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Pilgrims | 4:39 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| George Washington and Other Heroes of the Revolution | 13:06 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| George Rogers Clark | 2:41 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Andrew Jackson | 7:54 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| John C. Fremont | 7:26 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Webster, Clay and Calhoun | 18:48 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| The Story of Abraham Lincoln | 5:49 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Grant and Lee | 5:54 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Some Women of History | 3:06 | Read by Maria Therese |