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Native Americans scripts $5-10
Roanoke: The Lost Colony! A Reader's Theater (with differentiated parts!)
What happened to the colony of Roanoke? Students will bring this century old mystery to life in this whole class reader’s theater based on 4th grade Ohio Social Studies standards! Students will gain a deeper understanding of the events, people, places, and effects of this important piece of our country’s history in an engaging and connected way! This original 7 page play contains 21 parts featuring 3 reading levels to ensure whole class participation, fluency development, and differentiation. St
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Early United States History Reader's Theater Bundle-Discovering America
Jamestown: A Reader's Theater (with differentiated parts!)
Bring the settlement of Jamestown, John Smith and Pocahontas to life with this whole class reader’s theater based on 4th grade Ohio Social Studies standards! Students will gain a deeper understanding of the events, people, places, and effects of this important piece of our country’s history in an engaging and connected way! This original play contains 23 parts featuring 3 reading levels to ensure whole class participation, fluency development, and differentiation. Students will integrate importa
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Early United States History Reader's Theater Bundle-Discovering America
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
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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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
Reader's Theater: North American Native Tribes
Teaching the origins and characteristics of Native American tribes is a key objective in upper elementary social studies. Follow a reporter as they visit the 5 main tribal areas of early North America including the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest, the Plains, the Northern Woodlands, and the Southeast. This set of 5 scripts provides 3 different reading levels and multiple character parts to ensure whole class participation! Reader’s Theater scripts will help students identify the unique characte
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Early United States History Reader's Theater Bundle-Discovering America
Reader's Theater for Native American Legends (3 Differentiated Scripts!)
Are you looking for a way to make your Native American unit come alive? Use this set of differentiated Reader’s Theater scripts focused on 3 popular legends of the Native Americans who shared these legends to explain their natural world! Students will discover how a compassionate sprit can help all of the individuals of a community in The Legend of the Bluebonnet, how working together in a spirit of unity can have great results in The Legend of the 3 Sisters, and how unselfish acts of kindness c
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2nd - 5th
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2 Reader's Theaters for T is For Turkey: A True Thanksgiving Story (w/ posters)
This packet contains 2 reader's theater scripts adapted from the picture book, T is for Turkey: A True Thanksgiving Story written by Tanya Lee Stone and illustrated by Gerald Kelley. I find it to be educational and culturally sensitive, explaining true facts and debunking some myths.The first script is the text (poem) from the book, which I edited only slightly. It is designed for grades Pre-K to 2nd. It features a small 4-line stanza for all 26 letters of the alphabet (A-Z) and a poster for eac
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PreK - 6th
Readers Theater: Father Sky & Mother Earth (Navajo Creation Story)
This is a readers theater script featuring the Navajo creation story, "Father Sky and Mother Earth". It was workshopped as part of the Native American Curriculum Initiative (NACI) in Utah and has been approved by representatives of the Navajo people. It teaches a valuable lesson about how all things above and below must work and live together in harmony and is perfect for Native American Heritage Month (November), Thanksgiving, or whenever you teach about US history, Native history, religion, an
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K - 9th
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Jamestown 1607-1610
1607 -- a triangle fort — settlers vs. Indians — that’s what most students remember about Jamestown. But there’s much more to the story. How can students get a handle on this first colony, which marked the beginning of the American experience? This 25-slide presentation will help you teach students about this turning point in American history. It is suitable for any grades that learn Colonial American history. The slide show is accompanied by an 8-page narrative script that describes:The Voyage
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5th - 8th
Iktomi Readers' Theaters
Every student loves an Iktomi adventure and a readers' theater. Combine the two and your students won't even know their improving their reading fluency and ability to identify character traits. They will be analyzing character's action and writing their own Iktomi story with this packet of readers' theaters and activity sheets.
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4th - 6th
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Powhatan to Pueblo: A Time Travel Adventure Native American Tribes Play
Powhatan to Pueblo: A Time Travel AdventureThis resource is designed for second grade social studies lesson on Native American culture. There are two versions of the play. One that can be read in class aloud and one that is shortened which can easily be performed by the class.The play about a student who goes on a field trip about Native American tribes with his second-grade class. The boy falls asleep and is approached by a time traveler. They visit the Powhatan, Lakota and Pueblo Tribes. At ea
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1st - 3rd
Jistu The Trickster: How the Deer Got His Antlers - Script
This script about Jistu the trickster rabbit gives teachers the opportunity to bring drama into the classroom for a memorable lesson. Performance suggestions make this script adaptable for different class sizes and learning outcomes. Introduce Native American stories in a fun way. Alternatively, use it as a script for a young drama class!Run time approx. 5 minutes
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Not Grade Specific
How the People Got Fire
THIS SHORT PLAY relates the classic Native American tale in which clever animals band together to capture fire from Thunder and Lightning and bring it to earth for people to use — portraying the longstanding inter-connection of humans and the natural world. Playscript contains full set, stage, costume directions along with useful staging tips.
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3rd - 8th
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Columbus Day Skits
This product consists of two 10 minutes skits.
Skit One - Hero or Villain.
The Nation family is sitting at the breakfast table. Roy the son asks his father why they celebrate Columbus Day. During the discussion his grandfather enters and puts a new spin on the discussion. calling Columbus a rogue and a villain.
In the end a decision was made that what needs to happen is a class or school debate on Columbus- Hero or Villain . Roy agrees that it is something the school's debating society could do
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5th - 9th
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The Rainbow Cradle: Navajo Arts
This American History play takes us back to Window Rock Reservation, Arizona Territory, in 1876 as we discover the beauty of Navajo ritual, music and art with Bird-Comes-Back and her brother Three Stars. Playscript contains full set, stage, costume directions along with useful staging tips.
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3rd - 9th
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Gluscabi and His Magic Game Bag
THIS SHORT PLAY is based on two Abenaki and Cherokee tales about Gluscabi, a good-hearted superhero who sometimes makes childish mistakes with his powers but does his best to right things in the end. In order to provide humans with enough food, Gluscabi tricks all the animals in the world into his magic game bag. His Grandmother tells him this is unwise because humans must learn to hunt for themselves and be responsible for maintaining the natural world in its right balance. Gluscabi releases th
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3rd - 7th
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Chief Sitting Bull: Life of a Warrior
A short U.S. History play set on December 15, 1890, as Sioux Chief Sitting Bull prepares for a final showdown with the authorities at Standing Rock Reservation, South Dakota. Playscript contains full set, stage, costume directions along with useful staging tips.
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4th - 10th
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Sacajawea: Bird Woman of the Shoshones
This short U.S. History play is based on an extraordinary woman — the Shoshone girl, Sacajawea, who assisted the historic Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-06. The narrative follows the trail of the great explorers and shows the role Sacajawea played in guiding the expedition safely to the Pacific Ocean. Playscript contains full set, stage, costume directions along with useful staging tips.
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4th - 9th
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