Active Lives: Votes for Women

Active Lives – Biographies on Stage: Votes for Women

The story of Kate Sheppard winning the vote for women and Richard Seddon trying to stop her is a tale of world-changing history. Read about this New Zealand 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.