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Free 8th grade ancient history scripts
Myth of Echo and Narcissus, Ancient Greek Theater
“Myth of Echo and Narcissus” is a short play from Greek Plays for Young Actors, a collection of nine short plays based on the stories of Greek mythology and Aesop's fables. The plays are ideal for readers theater, youth community theater groups and classroom theater performances. Following the traditions of ancient Greek theater, each of the nine short plays is performed by two or three actors accompanied by a small chorus that can vary in size. Life lessons of kindness, sharing, humility and re
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4th - 8th
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Ancient China Class Play/Assembly
This Ancient China Class Play/Assembly is one of a *set written by me. It covers all the areas of work the children will have done in class (the beginnings of a great civilization, Confucius, the First Emperor, Life in Ancient China, the four great inventions,) - all delivered by the 12 animals of the Zodiac! Ideal for Grades 3 - 8 and parts for all abilities. This curriculum-based play is fun but informative - guaranteed to be enjoyed by children and adults alike! This play is typical of all m
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3rd - 8th
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Epic of Gilgamesh Script Adaptation for Middle and High School---Free Sample
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.
It includes audience participation elements and an audience script making it highly engaging and perfect for performances for elementary and mixed-age audiences.
This is the free sample.
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5th - 12th
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Script: Hiding Spies - the story of Rahab
The script presents the story of Rahab and the spies with a parody song of the Eagle’s Lying Eyes. Six puppet characters, 7 minute run time (allow extra for the song) based on Joshua 2; 6. FK reading level: 3.7
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4th - 12th
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Theseus and the Minotaur Skit
Teach the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur interactively using this short skit! A simple but effective way to familiarize your students with Greek gods and myths. There are 9 characters in this skit. This would be perfect for an ancient history class or as a warm-up for a drama class. Would probably work best for grades 3-8th. There are only 3 pages of script and it would probably take 10 minutes to read through it.
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3rd - 8th
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When Three Explorers Meet - A Readers Theater Script
Created by 7th Graders - "Readers theater" depicting a chance meeting in the afterlife of three important explorers - Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and Zheng He.Reader's Theater script for [4] readers - includes humorous insults, references to the similarities and differences of these explorers and student creativity. ENJOY! Please leave a note of your favorite parts to share with my students if you use it. :)
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6th - 8th
Scripts: Christmas package (Biblical setting) 1
Ten royalty free Christmas scriptsMary's Choice - (10 characters, 6 minute run time) Demons discourage Mary from accepting God's plan while David, Ruth and Rahab encourage her. The Innkeeper's Wife (3 versions); characters: 4-5, run time: 5-7 minutes It is eleven years after Jesus is born and the Innkeeper's wife retells the story of Jesus birth to her three children. One version splits the lines with the husband.Elizabeth - a monologue by the mother of John the Baptist on Christmas Eve. Sh
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Ancient Civilizations Project - Research and Talk Show
Ancient Civilizations Talk Show - Students form groups and choose from Atec, Inca, and Maya Civilizations. There are topics for each civilization research. Students are then expected to work as a group to draft a script of a short talk show segment to highlight information they researched about their group's civilization.
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5th - 12th
Script: Genealogy of Jesus (Mother's Day)
This 20 minute, 9 page skit works well for Mother's day or other programs celebrating women. Roles for up to 25 characters. Script highlights the mothers in the genealogy of Christ and how nothing is impossible with God - not widowhood, barrenness or foreign status. FK reading level: 4.2.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Script: From Jerusalem to Jericho: Good Samaritan Interview
Told as a news story, this 6 page script covers to parable of the Good Samaritan and the various reactions of those involved to the incident. Based on Luke 10: 25-37, 9 characters with some doubling possible, run time of 12-15 minutes depending on audience interaction. FK reading level: 4.2
Discusses the differing philosophies of life from What's yours is mine and I'm going to take it to what's mine is yours because it's all from God. Can be done with puppets, people or as a reader's theate
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3rd - 10th, Adult Education
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Script: Jesus the King - a passion play
This script, authored by Malcolm McLean, brings a modern day twist to the Easter story. The 66 page script is available in pdf format only.
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Script: Teach us, Lord to Pray
The Lord's Prayer by Kathy Applebee. Disciples ask Jesus about prayer and he responds by parables and teaching them the Lord's prayer. Written for 5 M (Jesus, Peter, John, James, Mathew) and 4 F (Salome, Mary, Martha and Joanna) however it is possible to do with fewer disciples. Suggested songs, semi bare stage and simple costumes. Approximate run time: 20 minutes depending on songs added.
.PDF script and several copyright free .JPEGS about the Parable of the Sower in a ZIP folder
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Script: Jasmine's Christmas Star
by Kathy Applebee
Teenaged Jasmine, granddaughter of one of the Magi, decides to disguise herself and join the caravan following the star of Bethlehem, dragging childhood companion Meshach into another one of her "hare brained" schemes. Meanwhile King Herod takes extreme measures to protect his throne from a rival king.
Both .PDF and .DOC versions included in a ZIP file plus several copyright free scripture photos.
Characters: 12 M, 3 F, as many extras as desired Run Time: 2 acts, 60 min
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4th - 12th
Early Humans: Domestication Reader's Theater & Discussion
What better way to get your students into the headspace of the early humans than with a reader’s theater! This resource explores a group of early humans as they navigate the beginnings of farming and change from a nomadic lifestyle to a settled lifestyle. Students are able to identify why early humans made the decisions that they did, and what came with planting some simple seeds.I really like doing this lesson after my breakdown of the three periods within the stone age, because they can see ho
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5th - 8th
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Aesop's Fable -Lion and Mouse
Updated version of The Lion and The Mouse by Aesop. Read and act out in groups of 3 this short, humorous skit. Works with ancient Greece, characteristics of fables- talking animals illustrating a moral truth. Brainstorm with class other versions, animals, etc.
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5th - 8th
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Script: A Dozen Decisions; One True God
A dozen women from the Bible consider decisions they made. Includes 12 monologues by Salome, Delilah, Sapphira, Eve, Job's wife, Sarah, Queen Esther, Bathsheba, the Hebrew midwives (Puah and Shiprah), Rahab the prostitute and Ruth as they ask themselves "What if...." or regretfully look back with "If only...".
Tied together with Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes
in the valley of decision!
For the day of the LORD is near
in the valley of decision.
Doubling and tripling possible. Ru
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Script: Donald Trump Meets Jesus
Donald Trump challenges Jesus to explain why he choose "unschooled, ordinary men" to take his message into the world. Jesus does and Trump considers a force stronger than power or money - love. Characters:2, run time:6 minutes
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6th - 12th, Staff
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Mesoamerican Talk Show
In this student talk show, students will be conducting research on an assigned Mesoamerican Civilizations! Choose from Incas, Aztecs, or Mayans! This source includes:- Script example and student requirements - Talk Show requirements and assignment breakdown- Teacher checklist
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5th - 8th
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Script: Widow's Offering (2 scripts)
Two scripts (.PDF) in a ZIP file. A quick 1 minute reenactment of the widow donating all she has and a longer, modern day setting script in which an on location reporter interviews a show off Pharisee and the widow with 2 small coins as they contribute at the temple. The widow explains that after witnessing Jesus feeding the 5000 with five loaves and two fish, she was inspired to give all she had. 8 roles plus as many extras as desired, run time 6 minutes.
Based on Luke. 9, 21, Mk. 6, Mt 14,
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3rd - 12th
Script: Public Opinion Galloping Polls
Focusing on how quickly public opinion can change, this series of six skits starts with King Saul and ends with the apostle Paul. Nestled between the two skits are four skits covering the triumphant entry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In each approximately 2 minute skit "It is better to love the praise that comes from God, not from men." and "God does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." Is emphasized.
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3rd - 12th
Script: Habakkuk choral reading & Bible study
Pained at the strife and evil surrounding him, Habakkuk asks God to explain why destruction and injustice are allowed to run rampant. God answers and Habakkuk resolves to let nothing physical prevent him from rejoicing in God. This choral reading also includes a PowerPoint, 21 copyright free .JPEGS and a Bible study that doubles as a character building exercise for the performers. Materials are in .JPEG and .PDF format in a zip file.
Choral readings and reader’s theater are wonderful ways to
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5th - 12th
Script: Interview with Genesis Donkeys
This puppet or reader's theater script includes material from Genesis 2, 6-8 and 22 and features three donkeys being interviewed on a talk show entitled Animal World. The first donkey talks about God's wonderful creation of donkeys with abilities that allow them to live and flourish in desert regions.
The second tells the story of Noah's ark from the perspective of one aboard the boat. The final donkey relates the events of Abraham being called to sacrifice Isaac. Lyrics to two songs and a
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3rd - 10th
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Ezra: choral reading and reader's theater
Ezra was a prophet and priest who encouraged the Jews who returned to Jerusalem. The scripts are based on the Bible and are in .PDF format in a ZIP file.
Choral readings and reader’s theater are wonderful ways to build reading fluency, comprehension (students have authentic reasons to read and reread) and a working knowledge of scripture. Strong readers can be assigned solo lines while weaker readers, shy students and ELL have the safety to speak in a group. The perspectives reader’s theater
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5th - 10th
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Script: Matthias and faithfulness
Hate being chosen last, or not at all? This script explores how Matthias not being chosen as an apostle in the first round was all part of God's greater plan. Despite disappointment, Matthias continues to be faithful and winds up replacing Judas Iscariot. Three characters, 5 minute run time.
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Map Making
With map-making activities you can not only teach students about ancient civilizations, but also incorporate geography into your lessons. As they label and color maps, students can learn about important places in ancient civilizations, chart trade routes, and learn how empires expanded (and fell) over time.
Primary Source Analysis
One of the best ways to learn about ancient civilizations is through the artifacts and writings of people from that particular period of time. Encourage students to analyze primary sources to gain a deeper understanding about bygone eras of history. For instance, you can have students read accounts of the destruction of Pompeii and discuss it as a class.
Centers & Stations
Through the use of centers, students can collaborate and discuss topics and content they examine for each era in history. For example, you can have students navigate through four or five different centers or stations to help them learn about different aspects of Ancient Chinese culture, like literature, geography, government, and major historical events or achievements.
By making ancient history come to life through a variety of interactive and immersive activities, teachers can help students develop a deeper appreciation for the subject.
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What is ancient history?
Ancient history refers to the period of human history that takes place from the invention of writing to late antiquity (spanning from about 3000 BC to AD 650). This era includes the study of various ancient civilizations, such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India, and others. Ancient history plays a critical role in helping us understand the origins and development of human civilizations and the influence it had on contemporary cultures and societies.
What are examples of ancient history?
The Persian Wars, the rise of the Tang Dynasty, the campaigns of Alexander the Great, and the decline and fall of the Roman empire are all examples of important milestones and events that you can teach about in ancient history.
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