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8th grade social studies scripts $5-10
Reader's Theater Script "Everyman" + Lessons Middle & High School
Medieval drama has never been this fun - share a taste of Medieval European culture and drama with your students, both middle school and secondary! With this purchase, you will receive BOTH the PLAY and lesson materials for a cross-curricular history and ELA experience. This product is also available in my My Top Five Favorite Products in My Store. Check it out - it's a great deal!Students analyze a cultural experience reflected through this short work of literature (RL6). Check out the preview
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: English Language Arts - Bundle of MY Favorite Products in My Shop
Decades Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This show is a time traveling musical history lesson!! The speakers’ script includes many facts about inventions and inventors of the 20th century and the musical performances will take the audience on a trip down memory lane.This performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, or a drama program instructor.This show could be performed by anywhere from 25 to 100+ students depending on stage size.The length of the performance is appr
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K - 8th, Not Grade Specific
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (Reader's Theater Script-Stories)
Looking for a fun way to add a little imagination to American Literature? Why not try one of American Lit's most underrated writers, Washington Irving? Irving spun legend, humor, and social commentary together into his own unique storytelling style.This collection features adaptations of Washington Irving's three most popular stories:The Legend of Sleepy HollowRip Van WinkleThe Devil and Tom WalkerEach script-story is approximately 30-50 minutes and intended for use with students from 6th-12th g
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Slide Show and Art Project
Celebrate December with this inclusive slide show on Our Lady of Guadalupe and the miracle that Juan Diego witnessed in Mexico 500 years ago. The slide show also includes a section on Aztec culture and Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire to give students background on how the miracle affected relations between the two warring cultures. Other slides illustrate and discuss some 20 symbols and miraculous features of the tilma that Juan Diego used to gather roses in. A simple art project is also i
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1st - 8th
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 Egypt Reader's Theater Plays (With Leveled Parts)
Three leveled readers' theater plays that describe various aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization and culture.The first play, Making a Mummy, describes the process of making a mummy. The second play, Finding Tut's Tomb, joins Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon during his discovery of King Tut's tomb. The third play, Building a Pyramid, follows the building of a pyramid.Leveled PartsMaking a Mummy•Sekr- 1st Grade•Alim- 2nd Grade•Aka- 3rd Grade•Narrator - 5th GradeFinding Tut's Tomb•Callendar- 1
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient Cultures Leveled Readers Theater Bundle
Ancient Africa Unit
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*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
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7th - 12th
Also included in: World History Bundle
Branches of Government - Readers' Theater
These two-part scripts outline the duties of the three branches of government. Students will learn how this system of checks and balances works for our government. Included with each script are task cards and activities that require students to use higher-level thinking skills that meet Common Core Standards.
Check out my historical line of readers' scripts: Boston Tea Party, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Civil War, and Oregon Trail. In order to open the links below, highlight the link, rig
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4th - 8th
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Ohio Native American Indians
Text books often leave students with an incomplete picture of history - both visually and information-wise. My slideshow on Ohio Native American Indians can fill the gap as either an introduction to Native Americans, an expansion to what’s in the text book, or a review when you want to wind up your studies on this part of Ohio history. The unit includes 31 slides and 12 pages of detailed script. The first two-thirds of the slide show focus on Native American history and daily life, including:
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4th - 8th
Create a Podcast BUNDLE - Script, Audio Template, Example Ready to Go!
Mix up your classroom practice away from boring writing tasks with this fun, easily adaptable podcast activity!Designed for upper primary or secondary students, this versatile activity can be seamlessly adapted to various subjects. If you are looking to launch a podcast club - take a look at my PODCAST CLUB BUNDLE!Included in the easily accessible zip download are the following resources:A Student Script template to assist students in structuring their podcast content effectively.An exemplary St
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6th - 9th
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Reader’s Theater Pack: Factors Influencing Westward Movement
Reader’s Theater Pack: Factors Influencing Westward Movement
This Reader’s Theater Pack features 6 scripts that focus on the factors that influenced western migration during this period of US expansion.
Factors focused on include:
Population growth in eastern states
Availability of cheap, fertile land
Economic opportunity (including the Gold Rush)
Cheaper and faster transportation (trains, steamboats, canals)
Knowledge of the Overland Trails (Santa Fe and Oregon Trails)
Manifest Destiny
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4th - 12th
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Napoleon Bonaparte Activity Bundle
This popular bundle saves time and money by covering Napoleon and the French Revolution through a DBQ, a history station and 2 crossword puzzles. It covers Common Core Standards.The Common Core Standards were written and developed by The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. © Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.This product is the wo
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8th - 12th
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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
LE GOUVERNEMENT FÉDÉRAL DU CANADA - THÉÂTRE DES LECTEURS
This French version—LE GOUVERNEMENT FÉDÉRAL DU CANADA - THÉÂTRE DES LECTEURS can serve as an introduction to our system of Federal government. Or, if you teach in Ontario, it can serve as a quick over-view of our political system before plunging into the new grade 5 Social Studies’ Inquiry-based research expectations. This 6 character skit explores the 3 levels of government and their leaders, the 3 branches of government, various services, laws, the role of pages, governor generals, ministers
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5th - 8th
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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
15 Minute Play Script and Unit |Li Chi The Serpent Slayer Chinese Folk Tale Asia
PART OF A BUNDLECreated for the classroom teacher and easy to produce! When do you find a script with a female as the hero? At Dramamommaspeaks, that's where! This engaging teacher-ready resource contains a dramatic play with roles for over 20. It is suitable for students whether studying the country of China, Asia or used in a drama class. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. Li Chi Slays the Ser
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6th - 8th
The California Gold Rush And You
With only a few pages in the text book devoted to the California Gold Rush, you know your students aren’t getting a real feel for this exciting time in U.S. history. This interactive unit — The California Gold Rush and You — has 40 pages of information and illustrations. The unit includes a slide show with 27 slides and a 10-page script with more than 100 bulleted points. Five interactive slides spaced throughout the presentation will ask your students to take notes about • the journey alon
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4th - 8th
The Pony Express And You
How much space does your textbook devote to The Pony Express - maybe a couple of paragraphs? This exciting time in U.S. history deserves better than that, and with “The Pony Express And You,” your students will readily identify with the young men who rode for the service and the dangers they faced. The 26-page slide show I’ve created is full of colorful illustrations (more than 100 pictures) and offers students four opportunities to write a journal entry as though they were a rider on The Pony
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4th - 8th
Colony of Roanoke and Spanish Armada Social Studies Reader's Theater
History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the Spanish Armada is turned into a reader's theater or play. Make history come alive in your classroom with reader's theater. Students will find their voice in history as they read or act out the historical events that blazed the trail for the English colonies in North America. The three acts of the play include "The Lost Colony of Roanoke", "The Spanish Armada", and "The Return to Roanoke". The six-page script includes 3 acts, 10 scenes total, 23 ch
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5th - 9th
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Comedy Play Script Acting Unit It Could Always Be Worse Jewish Folk Tale
Part of a Bundle This delightful comical play, fifteen minutes in length (moderate or large cast depending on your needs) is suitable whether studying the Jewish culture or multicultural folk plays or a drama class. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. Based on the beloved Jewish folk tale by the same name, students will have an opportunity to: Yiddish wordsdramatize a folk tale with dancingdesign a
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6th - 8th
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
One Act Dramatic Play with Music Unit Sedna Inuit Folk Tale Grades 6 to 8 Alaska
BUNDLE This dramatic 15 minute one act play, with roles for 20+ students, is based on a creation myth and is suitable whether studying culture the Native American culture, Alaskan territory or in a drama class. This unit is suitable for gifted fifth grade through ninth grade. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. The story of Sedna, which is a creation myth, describes how she came to rule over Adl
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6th - 8th
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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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California Missions and Native American Indians
The California Mission Era — most textbooks in middle school and junior high devote only a few pages or less to this period in American history, and if you want to give your students more, it can be problematical. If students only learn about the missions and the economic benefit they brought to California, they will not know about the damage done to Native American Indians by European invaders. If students focus only on the hardships suffered by Native Americans, they will not have enough infor
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4th - 8th
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