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Young Leaders Residency
Step into the shoes of 6 young leaders who created change as children or teenagers!
Explore the triumphs and struggles of these young people through a variety of drama activities, books, creative writing activities, and more. Lessons are designed to enhance literary, creative and critical thinking skills through an arts-integrated lens. Students will even have the opportunity to explore their own change-making ability.
To reserve your Young Leaders Residency, or to learn more, contact the Theater in Education department at (414) 267-2972 or education@firststage.org
Cost: $600
Length: 6 one-hour sessions in your classroom
Age range: Between grades 2-5
Each lesson will focus on a different change-maker:
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Louis Braille
Invented the braille code at age 15
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Ruby Bridges
First black American student to integrate into an all-white school at the age of 6
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Greta Thunburg
Swedish climate activist who pioneered international environmental campaigns, beginning when she was 15.
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Jahkil Naeem Jackson
Author and entrepreneur who created ProjectIAm when he was 8 years old, focusing on the advocacy of disadvantaged and homeless communities
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Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani humanitarian and activist for human's rights whose blogs and writings made her the youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize
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Amanda Gorman
Poet and activist for marginalized communities who was named the first National Youth Poet Laureate and is the youngest poet laureate in U.S. history.