The Trojan War: A Collection of Reader's Theater Script-Stories

Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach the Iliad and the saga of the Trojan War? These six 40-minute script-stories bring the epic story to life by allowing your students to inhabit the classic characters. The entire plot of Homer's Iliad is included. Other selections like "The Judgment of Paris," Euripides's Philoctetes, and "The Fall of Troy" from the Aeneid round out the story. Although dialogue and touches of humor have been added to increase engagement, the adaption is incredibly faithful to the original story.

Included in this 105-page download are six script-stories and four handouts designed for grades 7-12:

"The Judgment of Paris" (script-story)

"The Tides of War" (script-story)

"War at Troy" (script-story)

"The Rage of Achilles" (script-story)

"The Marooned Prince" (script-story)

"The Fall of Troy" (script-story)

"Understanding Helen" (handout)

"Sacrifice at Aulis" (handout)

"Achilles' Last Stand" (handout)

"Wounded by Love" (handout)

Each script-story has a 2-page teacher guide providing story summary, relevant background information, anticipatory questions, connections, recall questions, and teachable terms.

Number of Reading Parts: The script-stories in this collection provide reading parts for 7-17 readers.

Note: This material is excerpted from Reaching Olympus: The Saga of the Trojan War by Zachary Hamby, available in print at Amazon.com

Also check out our Reader's Theater script-story version of the Odyssey