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African history scripts for homeschool
Anansi and the Pot of Beans Play Script for Young Actors
Looking for the perfect play for your large cast? "Anansi and the Pot of Beans" tells the tale of Anansi, the trickster spider, and how spiders lost all of their hair! A sweet reader's theatre style production that can be acted out by your young actors or even turned into a puppet show! Opportunities for music to be added to make it a wonderful themed evening of African inspired performances!
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Grades:
1st - 5th
West African Kingdoms, Readers Theater | Rhyming
This reader's theater is written in rhyme.Students read in small groups, one at a time. Divide your class into groups to start.Students then select a part. After they read, choose a few volunteersTo perform a piece for everyone’s eyes and ears. Fluency improves, and students have fun with text.A lively discussion can take place next. Topics include the West African civilizations Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Senegambia and the Akan states, and Benin. This material is adapted from the Prentice Hall textb
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in: Ancient Africa Activities Bundle
West African Culture, Reader's Theater | Rhyming
This reader's theater is written in rhyme.Students read in small groups, one at a time. Divide your class into groups to start.Students then select a part. After they read, choose a few volunteersTo perform a piece for everyone’s eyes and ears. Fluency improves, and students connect with text.A lively discussion can take place next. Topics include West African village life, religion, art, music, and literature. This material is adapted from the Prentice Hall textbook, “African American History”
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in: Ancient Africa Activities Bundle
Reader's Theater GEORGE CRUM - Potato Chip Inventor - BLACK HISTORY
If you are searching for a way to get your students to enjoy reading, become more expressive, read aloud with confidence, become more fluent…then let the magic begin!! I have found using Reader’s Theater with large and small groups really helps my students strengthen their reading and language arts skills! My class CHEERS every time I tell them we are going to do Reader’s Theater!! This technique makes reading come alive for your students and can really develop classroom full of confident reader
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2nd - 8th
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Reader's Theater: The Flying Lion
Reader's Theater: The Flying Lion
This is a highly engaging script retelling a South African folk tale that is perfect for a diverse group of readers. There are parts ranging from DRA 20 to 60. Have your students work on their fluency, expression, and comprehension with this fast paced and animated story!
Included:
Character list with approximate DRA reading levels
1 Master Script
7 Individual Scripts with parts high lighted
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Black History Month: Interviews
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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PDF- Readers Theater: The Scramble for Africa and "The Gentlemen of the Jungle"
This is a pdf copy of a script for a readers' theater and activity I adapted from Jomo Kenyatta's famous fable "The Gentlemen of the Jungle". The story includes 7 characters, and emphasizes the African point of view of colonization and resistance. This is a great way for students to understand the Scramble for Africa and how Europeans and African people interacted during this late 19th century event which would change the trajectory of Africa's history forever.I have included teacher instruction
Grades:
10th - 12th
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Ancient Africa, Reader's Theater | Rhyming
This reader's theater is written in rhyme.Students read in small groups, one at a time. Divide your class into groups to start.Students then select a part. After they read, choose a few volunteersTo perform a piece for everyone’s eyes and ears. Fluency improves, and students connect with text.A lively discussion can take place next.Topics include the diverse land of Africa, Africa as the birthplace of humanity, and ancient civilizations including Egypt, Kush, Meroe, and Axum. This material is ad
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in: Ancient Africa Activities Bundle
Reader's Theatre: Boer War
This reader's theatre summarizes the Boer War as told in The History of the World, Volume 4. It engages the student at his/her level. The skit hits the highlights of events that took place during the Boer War: ideas of both the Boers and the British, the discovery of diamonds and Gold in Africa, the creating of new colonies in Africa and the take over of the British. Students connect to the reading and then can move to the text with ease.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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