The end of the school year is always a challenging time to keep students engaged and learning. I've created a Musical Theatre Music Match activity that I know would be helpful for upper Elementary?, Middle School and High School teachers to use. (I'll never retire from music teaching!)
MUSIC MATCH VIDEO LINK has orchestrations from 8 TND Musicals and a cast photo as a "clue" to the name of the show. Students get a Worksheet with the 8 show logos and a box to write what music/photo goes to which show as they listen and watch the video. The teacher has the Answer Sheet. (See attachments). This could be used as an individual "assignment," or as a class discussion about the stories and how the music illustrates that story. All but two musicals are based on classic literature.
FYI: Last year a Final Jeopardy question was asked "In literature Tom Sawyer’s guardian was this relative who was based in part on Mark Twain’s old mom."
Only one contestant, Allison, responded: “Who is Aunt Becky?” Answer: Aunt Polly