Candid pictures of the luncheon...

Here are a few more pictures of the girls hard at work. Ruby is wearing the Martin Luther King costume, Katherine is holding up the Martin Luther King picture while they practice their song, and other rehearsal candids!

Passion for History Luncheon

The passion for History luncheon went well and I believe they did accomplish a lot as well. All that is left now is to practice their lines and memorize the song. Here are some pictures from their meeting!

Final Script...

Today we had an Instant Challenge Workshop meeting at the school from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. It was called the Instant Challenge Olympics. Each group was given a challenge and only had a specific amount of time to complete each task. These tasks were performance-based and task-based and overall the groups did well. Our group decided that they needed to work more as a united team and believed that this is one area for future improvement.

Erin brought the finished script today. At our meeting tomorrow, each member is going to bring any useful items that they may use to complete their play, and then PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!!

Here is the final script:

Scene 1

Narrator (Erin): In a place called Montgomery, Alabama there was a boy named Martin Luther King Jr. He had a friend that was white. Martin Luther King knocked on Billy's door.

Martin Luther (Alex): Can Billy play?

Mother (Ruby): No he cannot play. As a matter of fact, he can not play ever again. I am sorry!

Narrator (Erin): Martin went home and cried. He asked his mother what she meant. She told him about segregation.

Scene 2:

Narrator (Erin): A few years later, a girl named Rosa Parks had to get up from her seat and walked home. That night, Martin Luther King had a dream and the angel said to him...

Angel: Tell Rosa that the bus she was on was a time machine. The next day, Martin told Rosa, and she went back in time.

Rosa Parks(Coretta): AAAAHHH...(then she went on the bus)

Bus Driver: Get up!!

Rosa Parks (Coretta): No!

Narrator: She was then sent to jail. Martin made a bus boycott. They won! His wife had a baby. Finally one day he had a speech.

Martin (Alex): I think we should change some laws like segregation and hate-filled whites. (everyone claps)

Narrator (Erin): Sadly he died in 1963.

End with your song

THE END

Here comes Rosa Parks!

Coretta was rummaging through clothes in the basement to create her costume for the role of Rosa Parks. She found one of my old dresses and cut the bottom off to fit. She attached some fake pearls that were laying around the house, and popped the lenses out of some old sun glasses. Here is her vintage look.

Painting the backdrop

Coretta worked last night on painting the back drop that Erin, Ruby, and Alex helped create. Here are some pictures of the process as well as the final product!

Rosa and Martin

Coretta has been working on the song this week. This is what she came up with.

Verse 1:
Long back, back, our world was bad.
There were signs saying stuff about segregation.
Then Martin stepped in and we are glad.

Refrain:
Martin Luther King was a mighty, mighty, man.
He fought for freedom and we are glad.
He brought peace to our community
And made a difference for you and me.

Verse 2:
Rosa Parks didn't give up her seat
So that made our world a world of peace

Refrain:
Martin Luther King was a mighty, mighty man!
He fought for freedom and we are glad!
If he didn't help, our world would be bad.
He brought peace to our community
And made a difference for you and me

Segregation Signs

Since the play has to take something in history and change it, the team Passion for History has decided to look specifically at Rosa Parks famous choice to not give up her seat. Because part of the rules states that you must change history, Rosa Parks does give up her seat and because of this decision, segregation still exists. Part of Coretta's responsibility this week is to create a protest sign that can be used in the play that highlights how one decision can affect many. Here is a picture of her sign.