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High school U.S. History scripts $10 and up
The Scarlet Letter (Reader's Theater Script-Story Collection)
Have you ever wanted to teach The Scarlet Letter but couldn't find the time? While preserving the author's literary style, this 52-page text adapts Hawthorne's classic novel into four 45-minute Reader's Theater script-stories. Allowing the students to inhabit classic characters like Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale brings the literature to life!
Also included with the script-stories is a teacher guide for each of the four parts, complete with relevant background information, plot summary,
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
US History for AP/College(52 PPT/750 slides+Texts+Rec.Videos) by PhD in History
Dear colleagues,This is my best course, which is suitable for both AP classes and university lectures. I hope it will equip your students with everything they need to know about US History.The course includes:52 high-quality presentations with over 750 slides (concluding with the George W. Bush administration)39 .docx files containing concise information for your classes. These texts are based on my lectures, organized in a more coherent manner with the help of AIA file with links to more than 1
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Reader's Theaters Plays - 9-Pack Bundle, US History 1600-1860
My reader's theaters plays have been a hit in my classroom and on TPT. Enjoy the fruits of my labor by bundling the first 10 plays of the early American history period, from American beginnings through the Antebellum period. Here are the reader's theaters you'll get in this package:1 - First Americans Cross Bering Strait: a fun skit about our first indigenous people ($3)2 - Stroke of a Penn: William Penn's founding of PA ($1.50)3 - Sons of Liberty: imagining Boston's finest as a biker gang ($3)4
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5th - 12th
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The Salem Witch Trials Guided Reading Play Scripts
Set of 5 Guided Reading Play Scripts (plus quizzes) on The Salem Witch Trials.
Boredom, over-active imaginations and a certain flair for amateur dramatics - all fatally combined to produce one of the cruelest travesties of justice in U.S. history. 19 hangings of complete innocents, labeled as witches ... by children. Who, or what, was to blame? Sift through some very suspect evidence and draw your own conclusions, from this set of guided reading play scripts, written by Sue Russell, covering th
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4th - 12th
Bundle: American History reader's theater
Save time and 50% off of individual pricing ($24) with this American History Reader’s theater bundle. It contains 35 reader’s theater scripts, 3 research and role play activities, lesson plans, Power Points, rubrics, printables, extension activities and instructions on how to use the resources within. Reader’s theater brings a here and now feel to history while giving students an authentic reason to read and reread. Repeated readings with intonation and expression further deepens understandin
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6th - 10th
Presidents Readers Theater Bundle for Middle and High School
Presidents Readers Theater for Middle and High. Three short plays, with 10 presidents. McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, FDR, Truman, and Eisenhower. 1901 - 1961. 33 written questions for the class. Entertaining, back-and-forth and fact-based. Covers key events of each president. By teacher and playwright John Glass.
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8th - 12th
“Give me a hand!” History Skits 1942-1945: Episodes from World War II
Are you studying World War II? Are you looking for creative materials to go along with your unit?“Give me a hand!” stands out because it’s not about World War II battles and strategies. Instead, each story-skit focuses on true events of compassion, friendship, and survival.How did an Oregon farmer help Japanese internees?Who inspired a wounded soldier to live - and how does the field of audiology tie in with that? Where did an Italian “enemy alien” fall in love? When did a German POW realize tha
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Readers Theater Bundle American Presidents
Presidents Readers Theater for High School. Two ten minute plays, with 7 presidents. McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. 1901 - 1929. 13 written questions for the first play, 10 questions for the second. Entertaining, back-and-forth and fact-based. Covers key events of each president. By teacher and playwright John Glass.
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8th - 12th
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28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World (dates, cards, script)
I'm so excited about this resource! This packet was designed using the picture book, 28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World by Charles M. Smith & Shane W. Evans.The 28 events highlighted in this book are for each day in February in honor of Black History Month. (Day 29 - leap year - is "today" and the students can write their own fact). The people mentioned are in chronological order from Crispus Attucks in 1770 to Barack Obama in 2009. Packet Table of Contents:pg. 3-9: Rea
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PreK - 12th
Veterans' Day Skit
Five young adults are siting on the deck of one of their friend's home. They are discussing the significance of Veterans' Day and the contribution of Veterans to the United States of America.Some make mention of their family members who are Veterans. They discuss activities and celebrations that happen on Veterans' Day and express their pride at what the Veterans have done for the country.This 15 minutes skit is suitable for readers' theatre or enactment by grades 6 to 12 students, youth group
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6th - 12th
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Events Leading up to American War of Independence Class Play
In celebration of Patriot's Day - for this month only - HALF PRICE script!
This class play, written by Sue Russell, on the Events Leading up to the American War of Independence or American Revolution, based on a class of 30 (*For class of 26, see alternative speaking arrangements at the end of each Cast list) is divided up into THREE sections, with parts allocated as follows:
1. Half the class allocated parts for the first section (Boston Massacre - 15 speakers)
2. Half the class allocated pa
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3rd - 9th
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Andrew Jackson & Westward Expansion Bundle
Introducing a comprehensive range of meticulously crafted Andrew Jackson and Westward Expansion resources. This carefully curated collection encompasses a captivating Readers Theatre, a meticulously designed Graphic Organizer, an engaging Pear Deck experience, and an assortment of thoughtfully developed worksheets and activities. Immerse your students in a transformative journey through the realms of Manifest Destiny, Westward Expansion, and an array of captivating topics. Our meticulously tail
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6th - 11th
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Moby Dick Reader's Theater Script-Story Collection
Have you ever wanted to teach Moby Dick but couldn't find the time? Moby Dick is an American classic for a variety of reasons, but the original novel is daunting to high-school learners. That's why this Reader's Theater script-story adaptation is the perfect solution! While preserving the author's literary style, this 108-page text adapts Herman Melville's classic novel into six 45-minute Reader's Theater script-stories. Allowing the students to inhabit classic characters like Captain Ahab, Ishm
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
WOMEN'S HISTORY: A BUNDLE of 10 READER'S THEATER SCRIPTS
Includes:World War 2 Female Pilots(Members of WASP)Revolutionary War Female Spies!Civil War Female SoldiersS.B. AnthonyElizabeth BlackwellEleanor Roosevelt(“First Lady of the World”)Amelia EarhartBessie ColemanSacagaweaKatherine JohnsonCheck out this bundle of TEN Reading Passages on famous women:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Women-in-History-Bundle-of-Ten-Reading-Passages-on-Women-in-History-4409979
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5th - 9th
Songs of America Musical Class Play
This is a fantastic musical play written for my 4th and 5th grade class focusing on the history of patriotic songs of America! It was a huge hit, with parents and staff letting me know if was the best musical play performance they had ever seen at my performing art charter elementary school. Parents asked me if I planned to "sell it" as it should be shared with schools across America - and so here it is!
It's a journey through time, from 1776 to the 1940s with three main scenes (with easy t
American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
This bundle includes all of Zachary Hamby's American Literature teaching resources, which include Reader's Theater script-story collections, multiple-choice reading quizzes, and classroom games.
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7th - 12th
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World War I - 4 Slideshows
Give your students a first-hand look at the “War to End All Wars.” This unit on World War I commemorates the recent 100th anniversary of the Great War in four separate slide shows. A total of 69 slides have been grouped into the presentation topics of “The War Begins,” “New Warfare of World War I,” “How Women Joined the War Effort,” and “The War Ends.” Whether you’re a high school teacher who wants to give students detailed facts and pictures to make the war come alive, or a junior high teacher
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7th - 12th
Readers Theatre in History Class
Using Reader's Theater is beneficial for students in learning history, as well as providing them with other skills. Reader's Theater helps students to develop fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and retention by having them read the same text multiple times.It also allows students to become more engaged in their learning by taking a more active role. Additionally, Reader's Theater encourages cooperation between students and allows them to practice speaking and listening skills. Furthermore, it h
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5th - 11th
Meet the First Ladies Guided Reading Play Scripts
Join the First Ladies of the Presidents of the United States - for Tea at the White House!
8 guided reading play scripts (6 speakers each) plus quizzes for each. All 39 Ladies have something remarkable to relate about their experience as wife to the president. Share some truly moving accounts of what it takes - to be a First Lady.
Please note: Teaching time of 40 minutes is very approximate, depending on time spent on reading and answering quiz questions.
The 39 First Ladies included below a
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4th - 12th
Revolutionary War and the Birth of Our Nation: A Bundle of Resources!
This bundle includes the following resources:1. Reader’s Theater Script: Revolutionary War Spies! A Visit with a Female Agent2. Reader’s Theater Script: A Visit with Joshua Crabtree, a Tory!3. Reader’s Theater Script: James Madison, “Father of the Constitution”.4. Reader’s Theater Script: A Visit with Thomas Jefferson5. Reading Passage Activity: Phillis Wheatley6. Benjamin Franklin: A Webquest7. A Reader's Theater Script: Dolly Madison
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5th - 9th
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World History Plays Bundle- Japan, Medieval Europe, Enlightenment, Renaissance
This purchase includes five separate class plays about the Chinese influence on Japan, King John signing the Magna Carta, the Founding of America with the help of Enlightenment philosophers, as well as the Masters of the Renaissance and The Black Death. You will also receive some questions which can be given to the class after the play is finished as well as both pdf. and .doc files. My students have enjoyed these fun and educational plays and seem to never get enough of them. The first play is
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6th - 12th
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The Mayflower - Set of Guided Reading Play Scripts or Class Play
The Mayflower. Special half price offer for Thanksgiving!
This set of 5 scripts written by Sue Russell can be read in groups of 6 as a guided reading exercise, or as a class of 30 or 25, again in groups of 6 but as a class play (Readers Theater style). It can be easily adapted from one to the other, and includes The Mayflower Song, which can be sung to the tune of Bobby Shaftoe.
Please note: Teaching time of 40 minutes is very approximate, depending on time spent on reading.
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3rd - 9th
Kidnapped By Pirates: School Play for 10 to 30 guests
Columbus had sailed the ocean blue and discovered America and he was being brought back to Spain when pirates overtook the ship he was on. The rest of the crew was set off in rowboats. Your job is to work out which pirate kidnapped him and kept him on board or why Columbus pretended to be kidnapped.
Reading level: 6
This version comes with teacher's notes.
Overview:
It's Columbus's third voyage. He'd already sailed the ocean blue and discovered America (although he still thinks he went to pa
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Aztec Class Play
Aztec Class Play or Assembly
This class play has everything from 'chillin' Mexicans to Aztec rulers with a flair for zumba! Course, there is that small issue of human sacrifices .... but then compared to dying by tarantula, snake or ..medicine? Maybe those captives were the lucky ones!
To sum up - a whole lotta history with a large dose of Hey Macarena!
Cast of 30 - easily adapted up or down
Duration - around 20 minutes
Sample Text:
Narrator: Good morning and welcome to our assembly
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3rd - 9th
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