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Veterans Day Program Script School Assembly or Class Activity to Honor Veterans
Are you planning a Veterans Day celebration for your school this year? This Veterans Day program script will help you get started as you plan your Veterans Day program.Our school's Veterans Day program has been my absolute favorite event of the year for over fifteen years!I have found that a program that celebrates Veterans is one of our favorite activities to bring together community members of all ages and students in our school. I have used this script at our school-wide Veterans Day progra
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Second Great Awakening and Reformers of the 1800s - A Play
"Dr. Phil Interviews the Second Great Awakening Preachers and the Reformers." This purpose of this play is to help students understand the connection between the Second Great Awakening and the Reforms of the early 1800s and to help students identify each reformer and his or her cause. To keep students engaged, some students will read while others will jot notes onto a chart. After the play is over, students who wrote will share their notes and a discussion will help students fill in their cha
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8th - 10th
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Ancient Africa Unit
Unit Includes:
*All Files can be accessed from a Mac or Windows computer*
Lesson 1- Development of African Civilizations
Keynote/PowerPoint- (28 Slides)
Teacher Script for Keynote- (7 Pages)
Student Outline for Keynote
Lesson 2- Kingdoms and States of Africa
Keynote/PowerPoint- (25 Slides)
Teacher Script for Keynote- (8 Pages)
Student Outline for Keynote
Lesson 3- African Society and Culture
Keynote/PowerPoint- (21 Slides)
Teacher Script for Keynote- (9 Pages)
Student Outline for Keynote
Un
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7th - 12th
Also included in: World History Bundle
AP World History Modern: Full Year PPT + Lecture Notes Bundle
Up to date for the 2023-2024 school year. These PowerPoints cover ALL illustrative examples, historical developments, learning objectives, and thematic focuses covered in the most recent College Board released AP World curriculum. With purchase comes lifetime access to updates and product changes! Full year's worth of PowerPoints for AP World History Modern over 35% discount to purchasing each PowerPoint individually!!!Includes my personally researched and detailed lecture notes for every slide
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9th - 12th
Coyote Tales - Native American Reader's Theater
This package was intended for November which is Native American month but can be done at any time. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have plac
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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
John Adams Presidency Complete Lesson with Skit!
Engage your students in this lesson about America's second president! Students will learn and do the following in this lesson: -Election of 1796 (Analyze Electoral College Maps and answer questions)-Foreign Policy Strategies: Diplomacy, trade sanctions, embargo, military aid and military action-Causes for tension with France in late 1700s: Discuss which foreign policy strategy they would use if they were president-XYZ Affair and Quasi War: Reading and Questions, + Act out a Skit, with PowerPoin
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5th - 10th
Also included in: Early Presidents Unit: Washington to Monroe
The Triangle Trade and The Middle Atlantic Passage
Offer your students a visual introduction to the slave trading that took place for nearly 300 years between Europe, Africa and the Americas. This slide show on “The Triangle Trade and the Middle Passage” has dramatic illustrations and is accompanied by 8 pages of detailed notes with over 90 facts that you can use to narrate the 22-slide presentation. Areas covered by the slide show include:Atlantic trade routesCapturing and selling African slavesConditions and death on slave shipsSlave auctionsW
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5th - 9th
Play 1899 Newsies Strike, Summaries of 8 famous strikes, Questions, Labor Unions
Play on 1899 Newsies Strike
Current Child Labor Laws
Summaries of 8 famous strikes by Labor Unions (Haymarket, Coal, Pullman, RR, NFL, etc)
Questions
Labor Unions
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8th - 12th
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A Virtual Field Trip to Colonial Williamsburg
This PowerPoint presentation takes the viewer on a virtual field trip to Colonial Williamsburg, a reconstruction of the Virginia settlement that played an important role leading up to the American Revolution. A complete script is included. No other teacher preparation is required.
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5th - 12th
AP Art History Lecture Notes Bundle (Whole Year)
Updated for the 2023-2024 school year; meets the latest College Board AP Art History requirementsThis bundle is intended to prepare you in lecturing on the AP Art History curriculum. These are the exact materials I have used for my students, who have consistently achieved 95%+ passing rates (with several years passing at 100%!)Helpful for new AP Art History teachers who are looking for a complete set of notes as well as experienced teachers looking for something new and freshAccess to all future
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
The Flight of Icarus - Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a small group reader's theater is for 4-5 students. This is a Greek tragedy and is based on the story of Daedalus and Icarus. Daedalus is an inventor and very very smart. He builds King Minos a labyrinth and, after it is finished, the king decides to get rid of him. He locks Daedalus and Icarus in the labyrinth that Daedalus made him. Daedalus know the labyrinth well and he and his son escape. They go into hiding and come up with a plan to get away from the island where King Minos lives.
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4th - 12th
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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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United States History Tariff of Abominations Simulation
This simulation helps students understand why the South hated Protective Tariffs. The simulation involves allowing two sellers to sell either candy or a homework pass. One group sells for double the price since it must charge a tariff. One group of students is "set up" to have to buy the more expensive product. Included with the simulation is a short play to further the student's understanding. Thanks for your interest.
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8th - 10th
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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
French Revolution Causes Play
Introduction: This play includes many members of the class and helps students understand the events and causes of the French Revolution through active participation. After the play, students demonstrate their understanding with four quick questions.
Objectives: Students will understand and identify the causes of the French Revolution and some of the early events and effects.
Procedures/Supplies: Print out signs and the tri-colored flag. Color the flag before the play. Designate places in
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7th - 9th
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Freedom of the Press and John Peter Zenger, A Play in Southern Dialect
Help you students get a better understanding of the importance of the Zenger trial with this play written in Southern dialect. The play includes not only an easier to understand version of the trial, it also allows students to participate by reading several parts. To keep students engaged, the play includes background information about the reasons Zenger was sued and a timeline of events leading up to his arrest. As students view the timeline, they are asked to make a warrant for Governor Cos
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8th - 11th
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American Revolution Puppet Show: Sugar Act, Tea act, Stamp Act and more!
Lesson includes lesson page for teachers, a rubric, a break down page of the law or act the student group will use to better understand the law, and a donation letter to get supplies from parents for the puppets.
Students will create a puppet show based on one of the British laws leading up to the American Revolution:
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Stamp Act
• Declaratory Act
• Townshend Acts
• Intolerable Acts
• Tea Act
The students will write out a short dialog
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4th - 12th
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Hades Goes to Court for Kidnapping - Small Group Greek Reader's Theater
This is a small group reader's theater for 4 students. It is a short version of the story of how Hades kidnapped Persephone and tricked her into becoming his wife. In the script, Hades is in court accused of kidnapping Persephone and forcing her to live with him in the underworld. Demeter, Zeus, and Persephone are also there. Zeus is serving as the judge even though he is Persephone’s dad. They discuss what Hades did – including the way he tricked Persephone into eating something that ties her f
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Gilded Age- Patronage, Civil Service, Political Machines, and Bosses Skit
This interactive skit is designed for high school U.S. History students to better understand the time period surrounding the Gilded Age and what events happened during this time in America. Students can take on the roles of key historical figures such as immigrants and Boss Tweed.
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11th
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Philadelphia Constitutional Convention Skit Play Student Engagement GUARANTEED
This play/skit is perfect for any middle school or high school student learning about the framing of the US constitution. (Several main characters have multiple lines, while other characters have just one line or two so this can accommodate all sorts of different personalities in your classroom) How the delegates there squabbled with each other almost every day for 4-5 months. Not unlike our present day government leaders. It was (to coin a phrase in today's vernacular) a BIG HOT MESS EXPRESS.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Decisions of Destiny: The Road to Iraq War 2003" An In-Class Play
Role Play Script · Students will Step into the Oval Office with President Bush, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, and George Tenet as they grapple with the decision to invade Iraq in 2003, driven by concerns over Saddam Hussein's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). · Experience the tense atmosphere as key figures debate the necessity of preemptive action, highlighting the complexities of international diplomacy and intelligence assessments. · Witn
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6th - 12th
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Epic of Gilgamesh Script Adaptation for Middle and High School (Full Script)
This script was written for middle and high school reader's theatre and class play productions. It is fast-paced, fun, and clean while preserving as much of the original language and plot as possible.
It is appropriate for cast sizes between 15 and 40.
The play runs between 38 and 45 minutes long.
The script includes audience participation elements and an audience script making it highly engaging and perfect for performances for elementary and mixed-age audiences.
A sample program and pr
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5th - 9th
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The Boston Tea Party - Historical Small Group Reader's Theater
This script was written for 4 students. It was written to teach or reinforce a lesson about the Boston Tea Party of 1773. In the script, The students are having a test today on the Boston Tea Party. Everyone has studied except Alex. He didn’t think he needed to because he already knew about regular tea parties. But the Boston Tea Party was a protest by the colonies against the British Tea Act and NOT a real tea party. Chad, Rose, and Sarah tell him all about it and how the Boston Tea Party led t
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