C HARACTER P ROP L IST
Props and acting instructions given at the bottom of each character card. Students receive additional points for costumes, props, and acting.
Cards To Assign
Prop
ABIGAIL ADAMS
Old looking letter “written by
John Adams” to his wife
WHITE
MARQUIS DE
LAFAYETTE
BENEDICT
ARNOLD
Folded papers that serve as
“secrets”
RED
BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN
Glasses and a cane or walking stick
WHITE
White 5-pointed star, cut out
from paper or material
BLUE
(blue & yellow card)
BETSY ROSS
CRISPUS
ATTUCKS
DEBORAH
SAMPSON
GENERAL
CHARLES
CORNWALIS
GENERAL
ROCHAMBEAU
GEORGE
WASHINGTON
JOHN ADAMS
(blue & yellow cards)
JOHN HANCOCK
(blue & yellow cards)
Paper snowball
Bandage on leg
White flag of surrender
sword
sword
Copy of Declaration of
Independence
feather quill pen
JOHN PAUL
JONES
sword
KING
GEORGE III
Crown & scepter
Team
RED
RED
RED
Cards To Assign
LYDIA DARRAH
Team
Bag filled with pretend
money
WHITE
MARTHA
WASHINGTON
Pair of warm socks “knitted”
by Martha
BLUE
MARY DRAPER
Small metal/pewter items
WHITE
MARY LUDWIG
HAYS
Plastic or metal “pitcher”
RED
Book with title “History of the
Rise, Progress, and Termination of
the American Revolution”
RED
NANCY
MORGAN HART
5 paper cups
WHITE
NATHAN HALE
“school books” and/or spy
glass
BLUE
PATRICK HENRY
Copy of famous speech by
Patrick Henry
WHITE
PAUL REVERE
Stick horse (Provided by
presenter)
WHITE
PHILLIS
WHEATLEY
Copy of a poem by Phillis
Wheatley
BLUE
MERCY OTIS
WARREN
RED
BLUE
WHITE
BLUE
SAMUEL ADAMS
3 cardboard boxes labeled
“TEA”
BLUE
THOMAS
JEFFERSON
Poster with a picture of the
nickel and student playing
Jefferson’s face on it
RED
WHITE
RED
(blue & yellow cards)
THOMAS PAINE
Empty sack/bag marked
“Flour” with papers of
“secrets” inside
Prop
BLUE
Book labeled “The American
Crisis”
BLUE