13 Colonies Script Packet (new).pdf
13 Colonies Script Packet (new).pdf 13 Colonies Script Packet (new).pdf
GIRL: Help my mom to make all the bread Ev'ning comes and the ground's our bed. BOY, GIRL, CHORUS: Sunrise to sunset Gatta work all day Sunrise to sunset Not much time for play. Sunrise to sunset, Sunrise to sunset, Sunrise to sunset Gotta work all day Sunrise to sunset Not much time for play. (BO~ GIRL, and MARTHA WASHINGTON exit. GAME SHOW HOST, holding note cards, and BETSY SMITH, the CONTESTANT, enter.) HOST: Welcome to Name That Colony, the quiz show that tests your Imowledge of colonial trivia. Time for our theme song from the Name That Colony Singers: CHORUS: (during theme song, the HOST points out the colonies as they are named on a large map ofthe eastern seaboard) The colonies ofHampshire, York, and Jersey are quite new We're all aware that Delaware is something special too. Maryland's the very land I'd never leave behind Connecticut is cool and Georgia's always on my mind. Jamestown, Virginia, ifs where it all began The Carolinas, so warm we got a tan. (CHORUS puts on sunglasses) Rhode Island now is myland it's so tiny and so cute Pennsylvania's perfect, Massachusetts is a beaut. These 13 colonies are all we need for pioneers I doubt we'll need another one for sev'ral hundred years. 11
HOST: Tonight's contestant is Betsy Smith. Ready, Betsy? Here we go. (Reads questions from cards) The 13th colony was established in 1732-which one was it? BETSY (buzzing): Idaho. HOST: No, I'm sorry, Idaho was not one ofthe 13 colonies. The name ofthe 13th colony established in 1732 is ...Georgia. BETSY: I really like potatoes. HOST: I'm sure you do. But you have only two questions left, so try to concentrate. The first colony to decree religious toleration was... BETSY (buzzing): Idaho! HOST: No, Betsy, Idaho was not one ofthe original colonies. Are you sure you understand the premise of our game? Name That Colony. Get it? Think ofsome place near the east coast. BETSY: You can't go wrong with a good Idaho potato. You can mash 'em, or bake 'em, smear 'em with a little chocolate and whipped cream and... HOST: Dh, thank you Betsy. The correct answer to our questionthe first colony to decree religious toleration-is Maryland. Okay, time for our last question. r d really like to see yo u get this one. Okay... CHE flips through cards, trying to find one that BETSY could get right) Okay, here we go. Ready) Betsy? Name the colony founded as a refuge for Quakers, led byWilliam Penn, in Philadelphia, chartered in 1682 between NewYork and Maryland...and Betsy, it's not Idaho. Got the answer? BETSY: (thinks for minute, then buzzes): Idaho! HOST: No! BETSY: I really love those potatoes. 12
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GIRL:<br />
Help my mom to make all the bread<br />
Ev'ning comes and the ground's our bed.<br />
BOY, GIRL, CHORUS:<br />
Sunrise to sunset<br />
Gatta work all day<br />
Sunrise to sunset<br />
Not much time for play.<br />
Sunrise to sunset, Sunrise to sunset, Sunrise to sunset<br />
Gotta work all day<br />
Sunrise to sunset<br />
Not much time for play.<br />
(BO~ GIRL, and MARTHA WASHINGTON exit. GAME<br />
SHOW HOST, holding note cards, and BETSY SMITH, the<br />
CONTESTANT, enter.)<br />
HOST: Welcome to Name That Colony, the quiz show that tests<br />
your Imowledge of colonial trivia. Time for our theme song from<br />
the Name That Colony Singers:<br />
CHORUS: (during theme song, the HOST points<br />
out the colonies as they are named on<br />
a large map ofthe eastern seaboard)<br />
The colonies ofHampshire, York, and Jersey are quite <strong>new</strong><br />
We're all aware that Delaware is something special too.<br />
Maryland's the very land I'd never leave behind<br />
Connecticut is cool and Georgia's always on my mind.<br />
Jamestown, Virginia, ifs where it all began<br />
The Carolinas, so warm we got a tan.<br />
(CHORUS puts on sunglasses)<br />
Rhode Island now is myland it's so tiny and so cute<br />
Pennsylvania's perfect, Massachusetts is a beaut.<br />
These <strong>13</strong> colonies are all we need for pioneers<br />
I doubt we'll need another one for sev'ral hundred years.<br />
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