Show Times

Friday, January 18, 2008
9:30am
11:30am show cancelled
55 minutes
www.artspower.org

It’s 1944 and Lily has planned a spectacular summer with her grandmother at the family’s cozy beach house on the Atlantic Ocean. But World War II has changed everything. Lily must deal with her father’s absence during the war and explore what happens when people are brave enough to forge new relationships and follow their hearts. Lily proves even young people feel the challenges of a war an ocean away. Based on Patricia Reilly Giff’s Newbery Honor Book, this dramatic play showcases important social issues.

California Content Standards easily applied in your classroom

6.EN.3.2: Analyze the effect of the qualities of the character (e.g., courage or cowardice, ambition or laziness) on the plot and the resolution of the conflict.

4-6.HI.CH.3: Students explain how the present is connected to the past, identifying both similarities and differences between the two, and how some things change over time and some things stay the same.

6-8.HI.1.2: Students distinguish fact from opinion in historical narratives and stories.

Lesson Plan Idea
Students plot the location of family members on a map and note the distance or route.