I'm so excited to announce that our next homeschool play is going to be Kilroy Was Here!  This is an upbeat, patriotic play, set during World War 2 (1942).  There's going to be lots of fun music and plenty of opportunities for dancing!  You guys did such an awesome job with Night at the Wax Museum, and I think this musical will be a great way to showcase such a talented cast.

If you're interested in checking out some of the songs, you can go to youtube and search Kilroy Was Here Musical.  There are a few selections that another group posted - they should give you a good idea of  how the music goes, as well as some costume possibilities.

Here's some background on how the phrase 'Kilroy Was Here' became famous. If you're interested in finding out more about the USO, you could start here.

If you'd like to do some research on that time period, the American Girls' book Molly's World is a good resource for younger kids.  We watched a couple of Abbott & Costello movies from that time period, and you might enjoy one of those as well (at your parents' discretion, of course).  For parents, and perhaps older students, the Ken Burns PBS documentary The War from a couple years ago was well done.  It does contain some graphic scenes.

I'm sure there's a ton of great material out there for World War 2.  Please feel free to share your suggestions in the comments!