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Black History Month government scripts
Jackie Robinson readers theater baseball play
Here's a compelling play about Jackie Robinson. Over my nearly thirty years of using drama in the classroom, kids say this is one of their favorites to enact. This original script recounts the events surrounding Jackie's breaking of the color barrier through the narration of the Hot Dog Man and the Peanut Vendor at an "actual" ballgame today. (You can hear a podcast presentation of the play at ReadAloudPlays.com) Parts for from 7 to 13 actors, and suitable for reader's theater, podcast, or sta
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4th - 7th
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Sitting Down for Dr. King: Sit-ins Protests RT
Here's a powerful classroom play set during the Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins of 1960. The event is viewed through the eyes of a middle-class white boy who gets angry when the protests prevent him from enjoying his family celebration at the Woolworth. As the historically-accurate events unfold, he comes to understand the plight of the young protesters and in the end overcomes his own preconceptions to "stand" with them.Best suited for reader’s theater, podcast, or discussion-based classroom r
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5th - 8th
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American Revolution Reader's Theater
This resource is a 5-Act, 25-role reader's theater script for the American Revolution! Reader's Theater is an engaging instructional strategy for middle grade students that allows them to act out various historical scenes. The acts are as follows: Act I: The Boston Tea PartyAct II: The Battle at Lexington and ConcordAct III: The Second Continental CongressAct IV: Washington Crossing the Delaware Act V: Drafting the Treaty of ParisEach act includes discussion questions. There is a quiz for studen
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: American Revolution Unit Bundle!
Marbury v Madison Reader's Theater
Learning about a major landmark Supreme Court case has never been more engaging! The Marbury v Madison Reader's Theater is a perfect addition to the Civics curriculum in middle school or high school.Included in this resource:1. 3 page script for 5-6 students (estimated time: 4-6 minutes)2. 5 discussion promptsPlease take a peek at the preview to see if this resource fits the needs of your classroom. If you have any questions, please let me know in the Q and A section of my store! Happy Teaching!
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Jefferson and Madison Era Complete Unit Bundle
Reader's Theater: Branches of Government (intermediate grades)
Students will bring the 3 branches of our government to life in this whole class script of We the People! The fast moving script reviews the roles and responsibilities of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in a fun, relaxed way! This original play contains 24 parts featuring various reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation, and engagement. Students will integrate important Social Studies concepts with key LA common core standards such as fluency and ex
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: America Becomes a Nation: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Black History Month Skits & Readers Theater Plays with Scripts 4th and 5th Grade
Are you looking for exciting Black History Month skits or readers theater plays that connects with kids using pop culture, have scripts with a variety of roles for all students, and teaches history in an engaging way? Then this is it! Readers theater = better comprehension!There is no better way to teach students critical reading skills than with reader's theater. As they perform and learn about the various historical heroes, students will improve their skills by:- connecting with the text- lear
Roaring 20's/ Great Depression Reader's Theater
This activity is a 5-Act, 25-role reader's theater for the Roaring 20's/ Great Depression! This in-depth, historically-accurate resource is great for teaching students about life in America during the the 1920's and 1930's. Reader's Theater is an engaging instructional strategy for students that allows them to act out various historical scenes. This resource also helps build fluency and reading comprehension skills.The acts are as follows:Act I: "Buy Now, Pay Later" (Consumer Economy)Act II: The
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Complete American History Reader's Theater Bundle
Black History Month 30 minute Motown Play! Detroit History, Motown History
This short play is written from the perspective of a young Berry Gordy (Motown Records Founder) and tells how perseverance helped him launch one of the biggest record companies of all time. Students will perform classic motown songs that the whole audience is sure to enjoy! Perfect for Black History Month and for teaching music history. Students will enjoy bringing this play to life!When my students performed this play for Black History month we created a powerpoint slide to play in the backgrou
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Readers Theater scripts: African American scientists & inventors
Nine African-American scientists/inventors (Benjamin Banneker, Mae Jemison, Patricia Bath, George Washington Carver, Dr. Mary Chinn, Lewis Latimer, Yvonne Cagle and Elijah McCoy, Patricia Bath) are featured in this collection of reader's theaters. They may be used in language arts, science or history class, adapted for a school wide program or even memorized and done, royalty free, as a stage play or video.Each interview is self-contained so students can be divided into groups to read and rehea
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Black History Month bundle (in person and remote)
Mock Trial: People vs. Woodstock
I searched and searched for a good Mock Trial to use with my govt. students. After not finding what I wanted, I created my own.This document contains everything you need. It includes all witness statements, handouts, info on presenting the different aspects of the trial.The project takes about a week of class time.
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9th - 12th
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Black History Month Skit and Readers Theater Play with Script 4th and 5th Grade
Are you looking for an exciting Black History Month skit or readers theater play that connects with kids using pop culture, has a script with a variety of roles for all students, and teaches history in an engaging way? Then this it! Readers theater = better reading comprehension! There is no better way to teach students critical reading skills than with reader's theater. As they perform and learn about the various historical heroes, students will improve their skills by:- connecting with the tex
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4th - 6th
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African Folktales Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle
Discover African folktales while practicing fluency with this bundle of reader's theater scripts. Perfect for Black History Month or any time of year!Includes:• Anansi the Spider Script• Anansi and the Talking Melon Script• How Anansi Got His Stories Script• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters Script• Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion Script• Viola Desmond Script• Headbands for each role• Response activities - story map, summarizing, comparing and contrasting tales• Assessment tools - fluency self-a
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2nd - 3rd
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Patriotic Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This patriotic performance is full of US facts and history! This performance package can be used to create a great culminating event for your Social Studies History and Government unit, or for a Patriotic Holiday show! Perfect for a Veterans Day or Presidents Day music program.Performance is so memorable for children! When you can connect a performance to academic content as this one does... they will remember it forever.This script is simple and versatile. It can be used year after year in diff
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K - 5th, Not Grade Specific
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Bundle of 4 Canadian Government Plays or Readers' Theatre
This Bundle of 4 Canadian Government Plays or Readers’ Theatre can serve as an introduction to our system of Canadian government. Or, if you teach in Ontario, it can serve as a quick overview of our political system before plunging into the new grade 5 Social Studies’ Inquiry-based research expectations. If you buy it in the BUNDLE, you will save 15%! The plays or readers' theatre can be used in different ways: 1. All the students can be divided into groups of 6 (or 5) and read through and d
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5th - 8th
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Juneteenth Readers Theater
Perfect for celebrating Juneteenth! Based on actual slave narratives, Freedom for the First Time is historically-accurate, kid-friendly, and comes embedded with discussion prompts and historic photos. It’s the narrative of ten-year old Tyree during the Civil War. Tyree believes whatever her masters say. But when Tyree’s brother, Sweet Walter, arrives with a band of Union soldiers to tell her the war is over, she and her family experience their day of Jubilee, the day they know freedom for the fi
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4th - 8th
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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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Claudette Colvin Twice Toward Justice Readers Theater Play Script
A true and compelling story from the Montgomery Bus Boycott! Who can forget Claudette Colvin? Well, history did for nearly fifty years. Claudette was just fifteen when she was dragged off a Montgomery city bus for refusing to surrender her seat. Unlike Rosa Parks a year later, Claudette was convicted and then ostracized by her peers, by Civil Rights leaders, and by history. Her story has resurfaced thanks to Philip Hoose’s book, Twice Toward Justice. Use this script independently or paired it wi
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5th - 9th
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BUNDLE OF 4 CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PLAYS OR READERS' THEATRE EN FRANÇAIS
This Bundle of 4 Canadian Government Plays or Readers’ Theatre EN FRANÇAIS can serve as an introduction to our system of Canadian government. Or, if you teach in Ontario, it can serve as a quick overview of our political system before plunging into the new grade 5 Social Studies’ Inquiry-based research expectations. If you buy it in the BUNDLE, you will save 15%!The plays or readers' theatre can be used in different ways: 1. All the students can be divided into groups of 6 (or 5) and read throug
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5th - 8th
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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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Ruby Bridges Black History Readers Theater
Ruby Bridges was headline news in 1960 as she naively trudged into the all-white William Frantz School. Her compelling story, that of a first grader integrating New Orleans Public Schools is indelible. Famed American author John Steinbeck wrote about it. Norman Rockwell painted it. And Ruby herself, nearly forty years later, revisited it in her stunning book, Through My Eyes. By pairing Ruby’s book with this lovely RT script, you’ll inspire learning that’ll stay with your students for years to c
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4th - 7th
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Tinker v Des Moines Reader's Theater
Learning about a major landmark Supreme Court case has never been more engaging! The Tinker v Des Moines Reader's Theater is a perfect addition to the Civics curriculum in middle school or high school.
Included in this resource:
1. 3 page script for 6-7 students (estimated time: 4-6 minutes)
2. 5 discussion prompts
Please take a peek at the preview to see if this resource fits the needs of your classroom. If you have any questions, please let me know in the Q and A section of my store!
Happy
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7th - 10th
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Ruby Bridges Reader's Theatre Play
This is a 5 minute interactive play about Ruby Bridges. This play breathes life into the story of Ruby Bridges and allows students to imagine what it would have been like to be in her shoes. This play also includes a teacher's guide and Common Core aligned activities for students. This play and its supporting materials have been updated, revised and edited for clarity.
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2nd - 5th
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Martin Luther King, Jr.--Three Powerful Reader's Theaters!
Do you want your students to have a thorough understanding of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and accomplishments! Then...THIS is the product for you! Three scripts- "Young Martin", "Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement," as well as "Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington" complete this fine product. Each Reader's Theater builds upon previous events and uses examples, photographs, and illustrations to clearly explain the importance of Dr. King to the history of
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3rd - 6th
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Reader's Theater: Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities
Bring the rights and responsibilities of US Citizenship to life with this 18 character script Reader’s Theater! By weaving a story around strong, accurate facts, students will gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a productive citizen of our country in an engaging and connected way! This original play contains 18 parts featuring 3 reading levels to ensure whole class participation, fluency development, and differentiation. Students will integrate important Social Studies concepts wi
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Westward Expansion in America: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
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