The students will learn a not-well-known-song from a very well known musical. They'll learn that history pops up in sometimes unlikely places like move musicals. They'll learn that there are connections between those songs, that time period, and their life today. They'll learn how difficult, (though joyful!) it can be to move one's body at the same time one is singing.

It's women's history month and, therefore, appropriate to learn about the women's suffragette movement, including the music. The fact that I am a woman is important. People who have been historically disenfranchised, women, people of color, children, should be able to determine who tell their stories.