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Appleseed John

A theatrical performance by Louisville’s Stage One

Grade Levels:: Upper primary-7
Length:: 90 minutes
Taping Rights:: Unlimited through August 2008
MARC Record:: Downloadable
Teaching Materials:: See Below

This play by Stage One, Louisville’s family theater company, is set during America’s westward expansion. The heroine is a young girl who longs to escape farm life. Instead of doing chores, she hides in the woods with her rag doll and her imagination. There she meets an American hero named John Chapman—better known as Appleseed John.

Appleseed John is a 2001 KET production. The teacher’s guide explains how to use the play to address Kentucky’s Core Content in drama and to enrich students’ viewing of a professional theatrical production.

Program of Studies:
Drama/Theater: Structure in the Arts, Humanity in the Arts, Processes in the Arts, Interrelationships Among the Arts

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: A lonely young girl living on the American frontier meets legendary apple tree planter John Chapman at a time when he is wondering how much he has really accomplished, and they develop a friendship that gives them both a renewed sense of pride and hope. A 2002 KET production of a performance by Louisville's Stage One family theater company. 1 hours, 29 minutes; Monday, September 22 at 10:00 am on KETED; Thursday, October 23 at 11:00 am on KETED; Thursday, October 30 at 4:30 am on KETED; Monday, February 23 at 10:00 am on KETED; Thursday, March 26 at 11:00 am on KETED

Teaching Materials

DOWNLOADABLE GUIDE: http://www.ket.org/education/guides/appleseed.pdf
PDF format
KET Online

Kentucky Academic Expectations

This program relates to the following Kentucky Academic Expectations.

2.23	Art Form
2.24	Aesthetics
2.25	Cultural Heritage

Kentucky schools may tape and retain programs according to the rights listed above. For further information, contact the KET Education Division.

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