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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa performing arts simulations $5-10
Reader's Theater: Boston Tea Party
This is a great reader's theater script to introduce/reinforce the importance of the Boston Tea Party as a major event in our history leading to the American Revolution. In addition, it's great practice in the areas of expression and fluency. The following play script contains 23 individual parts, but can be easily adapted for a class of any size. I have ranked the parts by size (long, medium, short) in order to make it easier to differentiate parts for all levels of readers. In addition, I h
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: America Becomes a Nation: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Reader's Theater: Life in Colonial America! (+activities)
Bring key characteristics of Colonial America alive with this leveled set of 3 reader’s theater scripts featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life! Focus on differentiation by matching reading levels with the different scripts. Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions challen
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: 4th Grade Social Studies Projects Bundle
Christmas Around the World Reader's Theater Set (Differentiated scripts!)
Focus on differentiation with this Christmas Around the World set of leveled Reader’s Theaters! This set focuses on telling the story behind 4 important customs celebrated around the world at Christmas time. Written on 3 separate reading levels, it is easy to match each student with a part that meets their individual need! Each script contains 5-6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regu
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Special Holidays in America: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Reader's Theater: Ohio and the War of 1812 (intermediate level with 24 parts!)
Students will bring the War of 1812 and the Battle of Lake Erie to life in this whole class script of Don’t Give up the Ship! This fast moving script explores the causes and events leading to this important war in our country’s history in an engaging and connected way! This original play contains 24 parts featuring various reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation, and engagement. Students will integrate important Social Studies concepts with key LA common core standa
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Early Ohio History Activity Bundle for 4th Grade Social Studies
A Raisin in the Sun: End of Play Escape Room {9-12 ELA}
A Raisin in the Sun ends with a lot of questions, but one question I like to post to the students is, where did that scoundrel Willy Harris run off to? Using this interactive, high-energy Escape Room, your class will transform into the Chicago Police Headquarters and work in teams to track down Willy Harris and the money he stole from Walter Younger.Want to see the Escape Room in action? Head on over to my Instagram page and watch my Escape Room highlights!The Setup:Your classroom becomes CPD
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: A Raisin in the Sun: Complete Unit Bundle {Digital & Print Included}
Sound Engineering - Design & Build a Musical Instrument
Put the STEAM in STEM with this unit! Sound Engineering is a Project Based Learning unit that teaches students the physics and basic concepts of sound engineering, especially as it relates to music. This lesson can be used in Career and Technology classes, Science classes, or Music classes. I have used it with an 8th grade Engineering class.Students start the unit by reading information about the topic from a handout and answering questions about the reading, as well as defining terms related
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6th - 9th
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The Mystery of Harris Burdick Simulation
Engage your students in an exciting mystery simulation based on Chris Van Allsburg's book (The Mysteries of Harris Burdick) where YOU become the Chief of Police, and your students become first-rate detectives! Students will delve into a mystery that at first seems to have no solution, but through open-ended questioning and investigation through role-play, your students will come to a conclusion and arrest the culprit — maybe.
Every mystery is different since the students use their creativity to
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3rd - 7th
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Christmas DIGITAL Escape Room BUNDLE No Prep!
Get BOTH of my Christmas Digital Escape Rooms that are NO PREP for a discount when you buy the bundle. These escape rooms will give your students the fun experience of helping Santa be ready for Christmas Eve in the North Pole AND a scavenger hunt at a school's Holiday Jubilee! The North Pole Escape Room has 12 ELA skill-based challenges and 12 tasks to complete. The Holiday Jubilee Escape Room has 14 ELA skill-based challenges and 22 tasks! These are both all digital and are done in Google F
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5th - 8th
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Mafia Game, Mafia Game Cards, Mafia Game for the Classroom
Mafia is officially school appropriate with this game set that up to 45 students (of all ages) can play! This game is great for community building in any class subject area, and especially Drama and Theater Arts! Here's what you get with this fun game: Clear and concise game play directions for the teacher and students Character descriptions45 unique printable character cardsDirections for how to print and how to play without printing 33 school appropriate "take out" cards (this is how the mafia
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Not Grade Specific
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Alamo Reader's Theatre
This Reader's Theatre covers the history of the famous battle at the Alamo in Texas. There are 14 characters including five Narrators, Santa Anna,Davie Crockett, Sam Houston, and Stephen Austin. This fits perfectly with a study of the Southwest Region of the United States and works with 4th-6th grade students. With smaller classrooms, parts can be combined to fit your needs. It is a total of eight pages long, and takes approximately 10 minutes to peform.
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4th - 6th
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High Engagement Murder Mystery Classroom Activity! (Murder at the Dance)
This "whodunit" style classroom murder mystery game will have your students collecting and evaluating information, making inferences, identifying red herrings, practicing speaking and listening skills and so much more! This activity will have your students' full attention as they try to find the "killer" at the homecoming dance. This interactive activity includes all necessary pieces to run your own murder mystery game in the classroom!Setting the Scene: During the homecoming dance, the dead bod
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7th - 12th
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Christmas CSI Science Mystery: nature of science SEP
Explore the nature of science with this fun winter CSI investigation! Students examine evidence using careful observations to determine who is responsible for Rudolph’s disappearance. Includes:· Case introduction card· 2 leveled versions of data evidence collection sheets· Suspect bio cards· 5 evidence collection stations· Nature of Science connection sheet· Teacher guide· Answer keys Materials Needed:· 5–9x12 manilla envelopes· Additional materials listed in unit are optional Skills Covered:·
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Holiday CSI Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
Hip Hop Griot; Rapping African Folktales & Oral Traditions
Oral tradition is essential to all societies. This is particularly important in societies where a large number people were not literate. The culture and traditions of most African civilizations was not carried on through a written language. The history and traditions of Africa were continued over the centuries, orally through storytellers and through performance by the entire village or tribe. The class will be divided in to groups of five or six who will write, design, and perform an Afric
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6th - 11th
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Fall of Rome and Rise of Middle Ages A Play
The purpose of this activity is to help students identify and understand the causes and effects of the Fall of the Roman empire.
Students will participate in a play in which the Roman emperor continually taxes his people into poverty and then enslaves those unable to pay. Students will understand how the Emperor’s financial policies led to the Middle Ages and the conditions of serfdom for many poor people of the empire. Students will also understand the reasons barbarians attacked Rome, leadin
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7th - 9th
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Holidays Around the World Virtual Field Trip - Christmas, Hanukkah, Holi, Diwali
*Updated 12/18/2023!* Detailed and exciting virtual field trip to explore different holidays around the world. Holidays featured in this trip are:China - Lunar New YearJapan - Japanese New YearBrazil - CarnivalMexico - Dia de los MuertosMexico - Las PosadasUnited States - 4th of JulyUnited States - KwanzaaIsrael - HanukkahItaly - La BefanaIndia - DiwaliIreland - St. Patrick’s DaySweden - St. Lucia DayNepal - HoliCanada - Boxing DayFrance - Bastille DayAustralia - Australia DayThe Netherlands - K
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Not Grade Specific
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Reader's Theater: Explorers in the New World
Bring the voyages of the New World Explorers to life with this set of 3 Reader’s Theater scripts! Each play, focusing on Ferdinand Magellan, Henry Hudson, and the Vikings, features 3 different reading levels (12 scripts in all) to focus on differentiation. Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions chall
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Early United States History Reader's Theater Bundle-Discovering America
Preschool Beach Theme Dramatic Play
Let’s go to the beach! I’ve got all the beach dramatic play ideas for you! Easily transform your drama center into a beach dramatic play area complete with flip flops, sunglasses, a picnic basket, and more! Save yourself some time and give your students a real-world experience by printing these beautiful props and photographs. Preschool Beach Theme Dramatic Play is perfect for your ocean theme and will give you everything you need for an engaging beach theme preschool activity. YOU WILL RECEIVE
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PreK - K
Also included in: Dramatic Play Ideas for Ocean Theme
The Salem Witch Trials Bundle: Station Activity AND Role-Playing Simulation
These two products can extend or enhance any social studies lesson on the Salem Witch Trials or can be great companions to an ELA or Drama unit on Arthur Miller's The Crucible. These are fun and engaging activities which will stimulate your students.
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8th - 12th
Careers in Music Project Based Learning Bundle
Let your students experience 6 musical careers by holding a job fair and letting them complete a project based on the career they chose! Start with the 20-slide presentation about 6 careers: music teacher, music therapist, music producer, performer, composer, and DJ. Next, display the posters for each job around the room and let students walk around while reading each poster. Place applications for each job near the posters. They can decide which one they want to apply for and begin filling out
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5th - 7th
High Engagement Christmas WHODUNIT Classroom Activity! (Winter Themed Mystery)
This winter "whodunit" style classroom mystery game will have your students collecting and evaluating information, making inferences, identifying red herrings, practicing speaking and listening skills and so much more this Christmas season! This activity will have your students' full attention as they try to find the "culprit" after the winter dance. This interactive activity includes all necessary pieces to run your own murder mystery-type game in the classroom! Setting the Scene: Every year, t
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7th - 12th
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Christmas DIGITAL Escape Room NO PREP! Escape to Winter Break
This digital escape room is a fun way for kids to practice some key ELA skills while being a completely NO PREP activity for you!This fun digital escape room is completed on Google Forms. Students will be participating in a scavenger hunt at their school's Holiday Jubilee in hopes of not only winning, but also escaping to winter break. Students will have to solve 22 clues and complete 14 ELA skill-based challenges to move on to the next section and finish the scavenger hunt. This will keep stu
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Christmas DIGITAL Escape Room BUNDLE No Prep!
Government Civics Role Play Mock Trial Pizza Murder
Revised 03/26/2020. Guidelines and instructions for a mock criminal trial, to aid in learning the workings of our American judicial system—a fun civics lesson. From this simple scenario, the teacher may assign roles to at least ten students, but up to 26, based upon the enclosed participant guides. Students may add to the story and provide their own evidence.*The Participant Guides have been revised to include a forensics expert as an essential participant. A list of props is also provided and a
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8th - 11th
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The Motown Sound
This is a game format that teaches students about the time period of 1959 - 1972. Included are entrepreneurial tasks, fun fate cards, a time line activity, and lots of good music.
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4th - 12th
Seaside Cafe Dramatic Play Center for Preschool
Easily transform your dramatic play center for preschool into a Seaside Cafe! Save time and give your students a real-world experience by printing these beautiful props and photographs. This dramatic play center is perfect for your ocean theme and will give you everything you need for an engaging beach theme activity for preschool. YOU WILL RECEIVE:Real-World Photographs and Printable PropsThree Printing Options (full-color, partial-color, and black & whiteAuthentic Writing Opportunities (w
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PreK - K
Also included in: Dramatic Play Ideas for Ocean Theme
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