Looking for a fun, but poignant play that is backed up by actual history? My middle school writing class got hold of Aaron Shephard's wonderful free narration play and used ideas from it as well as other research and also their limitless imagination to create an entirely new idea, a silent drama! They had so much fun not only creating it, but creating props, costumes, and auditioning for roles. Feel free to adapt for what works in your classroom, mine is pretty small, so there is only eight char