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Elementary world history scripts $5-10
Reader's Theater: Aztec, Incan, & Mayan Civilization Myths (intermediate)
Review key elements of the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec ancient civilizations while focusing on differentiation in reading fluency! This reader’s theater set features 3 popular myths/legends from history written on 3 separate reading levels (each with a lexiled reading level) for a total of 9 plays. Each script contains 6-8 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups with over 20 different characters provided! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Ohio 5th Grade Social Studies Reader's Theater Bundle
Remembrance Day - Veterans Day Tableaux for Assembly Script
Looking for something more creative for your Veterans Day (USA) or Remembrance Day (CAN) Assembly? This tableaux series is just the thing! As a Drama Club teacher I created a series of 5 scenes where the students are frozen in dramatic poses (tableaux) on the theme of the purpose and meaning of Veterans Day/Remembrance Day and it was a very moving performance. The tableaux are very easy to rehearse, only require a minimal amount of props and black t-shirts for costumes. I have also included
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3rd - 6th
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Our Lady of Guadalupe: Slide Show and Art Project
Celebrate December with this inclusive slide show on Our Lady of Guadalupe and the miracle that Juan Diego witnessed in Mexico 500 years ago. The slide show also includes a section on Aztec culture and Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire to give students background on how the miracle affected relations between the two warring cultures. Other slides illustrate and discuss some 20 symbols and miraculous features of the tilma that Juan Diego used to gather roses in. A simple art project is also i
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1st - 8th
Hamlet | Play Script & Close Reading Bundle | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
Two resources perfect for students learning about Hamlet by William Shakespeare; a play script written for young performers and a close reading activity.⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻The play script has been rewritten to be suitable for young performers. Hamlet tells the story of a Prince whose father, the King, has just died. His father’s ghost visits him and tells him that the new King, Claudius – who has married his mother – was the killer. Hamlet wants revenge and
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5th - 7th
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World War 1 for 4th Graders
Maybe your 4th Grade Social Studies text book only has two paragraphs on World War I — but you want your students to know more about this cataclysmic event in world history. Maybe not dates and major players and specific battles, but just a feel for the kind of war it was, and how it changed the history of warfare. My slide show “World War I for 4th Graders” provides not only information about turn of the century warfare, but also some interesting and offbeat facts that will spark their intere
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4th - 5th
American History 20th Century Reader's Theater Bundle
This resource contains three complete Reader's Theater activities for middle grade students for American History in the 1900's. The plays in this product cover World War I, the Roaring 20's/ Great Depression, and the Cold War!Each play is a 5-Act, 25-role Reader's Theater script. Reader's Theater is an engaging instructional strategy for middle grade students that allows them to act out various historical scenes. This resource is a great review activity and assessment strategy. It also helps bui
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5th - 8th
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The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz Broadcast Group Project
Need an end of the year or even beginning of the year project that will engage students?Perfect to use at the beginning of the year to review last year’s content, or at the end of the year to summarize what students learned, this fun and engaging group project combines all the elements from Carl Azuz’s The World from A to Z news program. Use the instructions and simple grading sheet and just insert your choice of topics that fit for your curriculum. Watch your students work together while having
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5th - 8th
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Life in Medieval Europe (Feudalism), A Play
This is a short play meant to help enhance any lesson about life in Europe during the Feudal era, the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages - whatever you are doing in your class. I even use this play to help introduce the coming Great Age of Exploration. The play takes about 15-20 minutes to complete. This includes choosing parts, giving some instructions, handing out props (I use props gathered over the years, but not necessary). Parts can go to really any student in your classes. The play is great for r
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5th - 12th
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Readers' Theater: Exploring Early America (4th & 5th grade)
Students will travel back in time to witness the earliest inhabitants of our continents as they practice fluency and expression all at the same time! This original play contains 23 parts featuring 3 different reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation, and engagement. Students will participate in a mammoth hunt, visit a Mayan temple, and board a Viking ship as they learn about important historical events in a humorous and engaging way! Integrating important Social Stu
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Ohio 4th Grade Reader's Theater Mega Bundle!
Happy New Year Around the World! (Matching Cards with Facts, Script)
Want to include more world history and cultural celebrations into your lessons? This resource includes fact cards about how the following 27 countries celebrate New Year's Eve and/or Day:ArgentinaAustraliaBelgiumBrazilCanadaChileChinaDenmarkEnglandFranceGermanyGhanaGreeceHaitiIndiaIsraelItalyLaosThe NetherlandsNigeriaScotlandSierra LeoneSouth AfricaSpainThailandThe United States of AmericaVenezuelaHave the students conduct research to try and match the card featuring the name of the country (wit
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PreK - 12th
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HISTORY ESCAPE ROOM: 5 Time Periods, 10 Challenges - Fully Scripted, resourced
Using an Escape Room to develop curriculum knowledge is an exciting activity that will inspire learners in any grade from 2nd Grade and beyond – easily to 7th grade. This Escape Room is like no other we have seen – and a first for us in terms of detail and immersion. Students take on a character within a fully scripted play-script, and within their team of four, meet various historical characters who help them on their way through various periods of history, solving 10 Challenges and collecting
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2nd - 6th, Staff
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Readers Theater Activity in Rhyme | The Kingdoms of Egypt and Kush
This interactive reading activity fully covers your content in rhyme. Students read together in small groups to increase success in fluency, reading achievement, and comprehension when reading about the Kingdoms of Egypt and Kush. KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES in this product are pharaohs, Middle Kingdom, Thebes, Nubia, Syria, Valley of Kings, Hyksos, Prince Ahmose, New Kingdom, Queen Hatshepsut, Arabia, East Africa, Nile River, Phoenicians, Asia, Thutmose III, Mesopotamian, Amenhotep IV, Nefer
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5th - 8th
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Mythological Creature Reader's Theater (Based on Miss Turie's Magic Creatures)
This is a reader's theater script based on the picture book, Miss Turie's Magic Creatures written by Joy Keller and illustrated by Richard Watson. I added more lines so that every character speaks a couplet, and then some text as an entire cast. It is perfect if your class is learning about mythological creatures from around the world. My students have loved dressing up and playing these characters as they try to get the audience to buy them from Miss Turie's pet store!The script is written for
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K - 6th
'Spreading the Word' Grades 3 - 6 play script on the history of communication
A full and original primary show play script, which can be used in a variety of teaching and performance areas.
Brad, Sally and Mike are TV presenters with a very different take on history and technology. While Sally and Mike love to find out about how things were done in the past, Brad just can't get enough of his internet-enabled communication tools. Through the stories of King Darius, Cleopatra and Chief Sitting Bull, we learn all about how great civilisations managed to keep in touch in yea
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3rd - 6th
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Five Roman Mythology Skits
Teach your students about ancient Roman and Greek mythology by having them act out the myths themselves! Great for grouping.These skits were written for a Latin Summer Camp for 4th-8th graders, and are suitable to be read/performed by anyone late elementary school and up. Elementary, Middle, and High Schoolers will all enjoy them. Skits last 5-10 minutes each. Skits can be performed with as few as 3 actors if doubling of parts is used (which is recommended); around 5 actors per skit is optimal.T
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4th - 12th
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A Convict's Tale - Play Script
This fun play script can be acted out as a production or simply used as a readers theatre class activity. The play creatively explores how the Industrial Revolution in Britain led to convicts being sent on ships to Australia. Includes lots of relevant historical information as well as being entertaining.The play has twelve characters and a narrator part which can be shared among several students. There is also plenty of scope for non-speaking parts, crowd members, etc.
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5th - 8th
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Readers Theater Activity in Rhyme | China's Shang and Zhou Dynasties
This interactive reading activity fully covers your content in rhyme. Students read together in small groups to increase success in fluency, reading achievement, and comprehension when reading about China’s Shang and Zhou dynasties. KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES in this product are Huang He River, Yellow River, loess, China’s Sorrow, Chang Jiang, Yangtze River, East China Sea, Kunlan Shan Mountains, Tian Shan Mountains, Himalayan Mountains, Gobi Desert, Middle Kingdom, Yü the Great, Shang, Anya
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5th - 10th
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An Athenian Story: A Greek Play
The story is about a Athenian family right before the beginning of the Greco-Persian War. There are 4 main characters and 20 characters in total. The play aligns with 7th grade learning standards. Fun way to get the students engaged about Greece!- 11 pages long-Estimated time 30 minutes-Reading level middle school & up.
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5th - 12th
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Readers Theater Activity in Rhyme | Chinese Philosophies
This interactive reading activity fully covers your content in rhyme. Students read together in small groups to increase success in fluency, reading achievement, and comprehension when reading about Chinese life and philosophies. KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES in this product are Period of the Warring States, philosophy, Confucius, Confucianism, aristocratic, The Analects, Laozi, Daoism, Han Fei Zi, legalism, artisans, and filial piety. This reading strategy was the subject of doctoral research
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5th - 10th
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Readers Theater Activity in Rhyme | Greek Culture
This interactive reading activity fully covers your content in rhyme. Students read together in small groups to increase success in fluency, reading achievement, and comprehension when reading about Greek culture. KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES in this product are myths, polytheistic, Mt. Olympus, Olympics, Zeus, deity, oracles, Temple of Apollo, Delphi, epics, fables, allegories, Homer, Iliad, Odyssey, William Shakespeare, Helen of Troy, Odysseus, Trojan War, Golden Age of Greece, tragedies, Ae
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5th - 10th
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Readers Theater Activity in Rhyme | The Rise of Greek Civilization
This interactive reading activity fully covers your content in rhyme. Students read together in small groups to increase success in fluency, reading achievement, and comprehension when reading about the rise of Greek civilization. KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES in this product are Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, peninsula, Crete, Minoan, Mycenaeans, Dorians, Dark Age, Hellenes, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Black Sea, Asia, African, polis, acropolis, agora, hoplites, phalanx This reading strategy was
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5th - 8th
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Readers Theater Activity in Rhyme | Life in Ancient Egypt
This interactive reading activity fully covers your content in rhyme. Students read together in small groups to increase success in fluency, reading achievement, and comprehension when reading about the Nile River and life in ancient Egypt. KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES in this product are Nile River, Kemet, cataracts, delta, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, basins, canals, shadoof, Papyrus, hieroglyphics, scribes, Upper and Lower Egypt, King Narmer, dynasty, Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms, theocracy
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5th - 8th
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Journey to the Cross
The story of Jesus last days is a complicated one, full of historical references and curious customs that are unfamiliar to most students. With “Journey to the Cross” you can guide your students through Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with factual background of Bible times and places. This presentation of 42 slides includes nearly 130 illustrations, while the accompanying 14-page script relates over 200 details of the story of Jesus sacrifice. This unit describ
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1st - 8th
A Christmas Carol Playscript
This is a Christmas Carol playscript that has five scenes; Christmas Eve, Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, Ghost of Christmas Future and Christmas Day. It also comes with a list of props needed and stage layouts for each scene. This has been used to perform an excellent show with 10 and 11 year olds.
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3rd - 10th
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