Here's a fun, fast-paced, yet provocative play about the 4th of July. Use it as a year-end activity or save it for your American history unit next year. When I wrote Read Aloud Plays: Symbols of America for Scholastic back in 2002, it was supposed to be a collection of plays teaching about the history of "patriotic" symbols and holidays. Even though school isn't in session in July for most of us, I included a play celebrating Independence Day. This fun, fast-paced play follows a couple of kids b