Orange County Regional History Center, The

Bring your social studies curriculum to life with plays and puppet shows that come to your classroom! No busing or transportation needed! Presentations focus on Florida history and encourage audience participation and interaction. Shows are performed by professional actors complete with costumes and props!

Puppet Shows
Habitat Hullabaloo
Learn about Florida’s habitat as Chompz the alligator and Bandit the raccoon contend with pesky pioneer Bunk Baxter.

Cow and Horse
Buckaroo the horse and his bovine friend Cowabunga take students back to the early days of the Florida pioneers.

Plays

First Contact: La Florida
Two worlds collide as Juan Ponce de Le­­ón first sets foot in Florida. Re-live and participate in the fateful introduction of European culture in Native American territory as Ponce and his Timucuan counterpart strive to communicate, connect, and cooperate.

Cracker Family
Pests, maladies, cookin’, and bickerin’ are all in a day’s work of homesteading for Florida Crackers Bill and Mary Prescott. Help them prepare for a trip to town amidst a lively repartee chronicling existence on the Florida frontier.

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