Perfect for grades K-5 (45 minutes)
Featuring the original Long family Puppets from Paul Mesner Puppets, Inc.
In 1891 Kansas City welcomed Robert and Ella Long, their proper daughter Sallie America and young Loula, a lover of horses. The young lumber baron and his family were determined to transform this cow town of saloons and stockyards into a city of distinction with paved streets and civic institutions.
Join Kansas Citians of the 1900s as the Longs build their grand mansion on Gladstone Boulevard, construct the city’s first skyscraper and spark urban development that is intact today.
Before your eyes Paul Mesner’s animated puppets build Corinthian Hall. Loula, in her famously fabulous hats, and an eccentric cast of characters share fascinating historical facts about Kansas City and secrets of the “Palace on Gladstone Boulevard.”
This work is portable, and can be presented at your school gym or auditorium.
For more information please call Rebecca Schroeder at (816) 483-8300 or Sherri Woodward at (816) 460-2020.
Social Studies Concepts: The Development of Industrial America, Continuity and Change, Production, Distribution and Consumption, Western Expansion
Visual Arts Concepts: The Creative Process and the Artist’s Role, Cultural Styles
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