Active Lives: Boycotting the Bus

Active Lives – Biographies on Stage: Boycotting the Bus

The story of Rosa Parks sitting down and Martin Luther King, Jr speaking up for what they believed in changed the world. Read about this stirring pair, then breathe life into these characters on stage.

A dynamic literacy program.

Intended for Years 4-8, Active Lives combines the human-interest appeal of biographies with the hands-on action of plays.

Each Active Lives book contains:

• A two-spread non-fiction report on an important historical event or time
• Two one-spread biographies on the two main characters from the historical event
• A nine-spread play based on the historical event and featuring the characters from the biographies plus supporting characters
• A non-fiction feature spread
• Notes on source material
• A glossary.