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Tobacco Education Assembly: The Night Harry Stopped Smoking
The Night Harry Stopped Smoking is the story of Harry McGlaughlin’s dream. One night after finishing his last cigarette of the day, Harry falls asleep and dreams he is transported to a very dirty place with strange creatures living in it. When he asks them where he is, they tell him he has awakened inside his own lung.
While in his lung, Harry meets two nerve cells, two ciliary cells, and a group of alveoli (four of which are played by students selected from the audience). They explain to Harry that smoking has made it impossible for them to do their jobs. After swimming through his blood vessels to visit his heart, “Pumper”, Harry begins to realize that all the parts of his body work very hard to keep him healthy. He decides that it is his job to help them by never smoking another cigarette.
The Night Harry Stopped Smoking is appropriate for
grades 4-6.
"From the moment the presentation started,
we knew that we had hit a home run! The students as well
as the staff members were all captivated by the performers
and the message that they were delivering."
--Eader Elementary PTA
"I learned that you should never smoke."
--Kevin, 5th grade
Southland Opera has prepared study materials for many of
its ongoing productions and encourages teachers to use them
to introduce their students to the music and stories of the
operas.
Each set of study material is available in PDF (Acrobat
Reader required), DOC (Word or similar
word processing program required) and TXT formats for
convenience:
The Night Harry Stopped Smoking
- PDF
With the help of educators, Southland Opera is dedicated
to reaching children and youth by presenting production on
school campuses that are fresh, exciting, accessible and consistent
with the standards of performing excellence.
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