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U.S. History scripts for homeschool
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:Â American Revolution Unit Bundle!
Read Aloud Play: Stolen Childhoods--Lewis Hine's Crusade to End Child Labor
At the height of the Great Depression, the pioneering photography of Lewis Hine freed generations of children from having to slave away for pennies an hour in coal mines, canneries, and textile mills. Hine often risked physical harm to photograph children in deplorable working conditions, but his work eventually led to the establishment of America’s child labor laws. Originally published in the Oct. 31, 2011, issue of Scope Magazine and republished in the Feb. 27, 2012, issue of Junior Scholasti
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4th - 7th
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:Â American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
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:Â Complete American History Reader's Theater Bundle
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:Â Black History Month bundle (in person and remote)
Read Aloud Play: The Newsies--The Newsboy Strike of 1899
Originally published in the March 2015 issue of Scholastic’s Scope magazine, "The Newsies" tells the story of a young immigrant girl who goes to work selling newspapers just before the 1899 New York City newsboy strike in which kids stood up to William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. It's a historically more accurate version than the Disney musical (a completely different story). Suitable for reader's theater or stage production, this historically-accurate, kid-friendly script includes elev
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4th - 7th
WWII D-Day Experience/Simulation (Normandy, France June 6, 1944)
In this activity your students will experience the chaos of WWII's D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. Students will learn a brief history of the invasion while participating in physical and mental challenges. This is a fully immersive experience, with movement, video, battle sounds, enemy fire, and scripts included. A fabulous open-and-go activity that students will be talking about long after the class has ended. This experience runs roughly one hour.
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8th - 12th
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Reader’s Theater: Federalists vs Anti-Federalists -- Ratifying the Constitution
Every US History student is expected to know the names of prominent Federalists and Anti-Federalists, weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, and why we have a Bill of Rights, This fun, 20-minute reader's theater script allow students to review these concepts in a fresh, interactive way. With added bits of humor (did Patrick Henry really say, "Give me liberty or give me a side of beef?") and the constant middle-school scuffling between Alexander Hamilton and John Adams, students will see
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6th - 8th
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Game: Who Shot Prospector Pete (Murder Mystery activity)
Prospector Pete is found shot in the back at his mining claim with a peck of people possibly involved including his wife Betsy, the Raindance Kid, Hoss Steel, Lily Lang Tree (or is it Land Tree?) and many more. Jump right in as a suspect and a detective and figure out who did it.
Mystery party games are an engaging alternative to hum drum usual fare and make wonderful drama activities. Add spice to that theater class, family reunion, retreat or birthday/anniversary party. Acting experience and
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Age of Discovery/ Exploration Reader's Theater
This resource is a 5-Act, 25-role reader's theater script for the Age of Discovery/ Exploration! This product covers famous European explorers and their discoveries in North and South America. 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 First Discovery (Leif Eriksson) Act II: A New Age of Exploration (Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci) Act III: The Conquistador
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Complete American History Reader's Theater Bundle
The Salem Witch Trials (Reader's Theater Script-Story + Reading Guide Questions)
The Salem Witch Trials are one of the most bizarre and confounding events in American History. For no apparent reason men, women, and children suddenly started making wild accusations that their neighbors were servants of the Devil, who were supernaturally cursing them. In the ensuing hysteria more than 200 people were accused of witchcraft, and many died. But what were the roots of this hysteria?This historically-accurate dramatization of the real-life hysteria surrounding the Salem Witch Trial
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7th - 12th
Also included in:Â American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
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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Three Branches of Government Reader's Theater
This activity is a 5-Act, 25-role reader's theater script for the three branches of government in the United States of America! This in-depth, historically-accurate resource includes information about the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government, as well as checks and balances. 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 act
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Three Branches of Government Activity Bundle
War of 1812 Reader's Theater
This resource is a 5-Act, 25-role reader's theater script for the War of 1812! Reader's Theater is an engaging instructional strategy for middle grade students that allows them to act out various historical scenes. This resource is a great review activity and assessment strategy. The acts are as follows: Act I: The War HawksAct II: The Burning of WashingtonAct III: An Anthem is Born (The Battle of Baltimore)Act IV: A Treaty of Peace (The Treaty of Ghent)Act V: General Jackson's Victory (The Batt
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Complete American History Reader's Theater Bundle
Lewis and Clark( Louisiana Purchase): Reader's Theater Script
On February 28, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson got approval by Congress for an expedition to explore the lands of the Louisiana Purchase. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were asked by President Thomas Jefferson to led the expedition. On May 14, 1804, the expedition called, the Corps of Discovery began. They would return home two years later, in 1806. The expedition helped to open up the west for expansion by people seeking a better life. You may also be interested in my Lewis and Clark Exp
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5th - 8th
Early American History Reader's Theater Bundle
This resource contains five complete Reader's Theater activities for middle grade students for American History! The plays in this product cover the Age of Discovery/ Exploration, the American Revolution, The Founding Fathers, A New Nation, The War of 1812, and Industry and Inventors! Each play is a 5-Act, 25-role Reader's Theater script. Reader's Theater is an engaging instructional strategy for middle grade students that allows them to act out various historical scenes. This resource is a grea
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4th - 7th
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California Gold Rush: A Visit with a '49er(Reader's Theater Script)
Another Reader's Theater Script in my Ms. Bie Ografee series!Learn about the Gold Rush and the '49ers.Students will learn lots of information about the California Gold Rush with this play, A Visit with Murdoch McLeary, A Gold Prospector during the California Gold Rush.There are 9 audience questioners supplying information and asking questions of Ms Bie Ografee's guest. There is a Did You Know? fun facts section about the time, comprehension questions, a teacher page with extension activities, a
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4th - 8th
The Red Badge of Courage (Reader's Theater Script-Stories + Reading Guides)
Penning the ultimate novel of the Civil War, Stephen Crane takes us into the mind of a soldier. The Red Badge of Courage portrays one youth’s struggle against himself as he fights his first battle. Because of its psychological realism, the novel still resonates with young readers today. This two-script adaptation is perfect for teachers who need an engaging way to exposure their students to the events of the novel. These script-stories can be used in conjunction with the original text to increas
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
President Lincoln's Spies & Rebels Civil War Reader's Theater
Back on TpT! From the moment Abraham Lincoln was elected, his life was in danger. In fact, it took a team of the nation’s best detectives just to get him to his inauguration! This classroom play script is based on the real event historically known as “the Baltimore Plot.” It reveals Lincoln’s character and quirky personality, as well as the attitudes that led to the Civil War. It also introduces readers to Allan Pinkerton, the famed detective who started The Secret Service. Imagine how engaged y
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4th - 7th
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Civil War Readers' Theater | Women's History Month | Wax Museum Play
Doing a history based readers' theater with your upper elementary and Jr. High students is a great way to combine reading and learning about the past. 5 Strong Women is an original Civil War readers’ theater that focuses on 5 women who played important roles in both the North and the South during the American Civil War. Read as part of Women's History Month or as a group wax museum activity. Harriet Beecher Stowe Clara Barton Rose O'Neal Greenhow Elizabeth Van Lew Jenny HodgersUse this script as
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5th - 8th
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Paul Revere's Midnight Ride (Reader's Theater Script-Story)
This dramatized yet historically-accurate Reader's Theater script-story presents major events in the life of Paul Revere beginning with his childhood and leading up to the American Revolution. Beginning life as a silversmith, Revere finds himself entangled in the growing unrest in colonial Boston. Events featured in the script include: Sons of Liberty meetings at the Old North Church, Revere's spy missions as a courier, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and Paul Revere's famous midnigh
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
Government Reader's Theater Bundle!
This resource includes four complete Reader's Theater activities for middle grade students studying government! The plays in this product include Types of Government, the Three Branches of Government, Constitution Day, and Rights and Responsibilities!Each play is a 5-Act, 25-role Reader's Theater script. Reader's Theater is an engaging instructional strategy for middle grade students that allows them to act out various historical scenes. This resource is a great review activity and assessment st
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4th - 7th
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Harriet Tubman (A Reader's Theater Script)
Use this informative Reader's Theater Script to learn about Harriet Tubman, ex-slave who became the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad, a Union Spy and women's suffrage advocate. The fun/informative play uses the format of three historians as guests on Ms. Bie Ografee's talk show and the studio audience asks questions of the historians to learn about Tubman's life and contributions. Great for Black History Month,unit on the Civil War,or Women's History Month. Comprehension questio
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4th - 8th
Also included in:Â African American Trailblazers(Bundle of SIX Famous African American)
Revolutionary War: Spies- A Visit with Female Agent 355(Culper Spy Ring)Script
American Revolution/ Revolutionary War: Studying the 13 Colonies/Colonial Times? This resource would work great for such a unit of study. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee's Reader's Theater Scripts, I really had fun developing this play about the Culper Spy Ring and specifically, Agent 355, one of the female member of the organization!During the Revolutionary War, the Culper Spy Ring was organized to work to defeat the British. Agent 355 and other members of the spy organization were very important i
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5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Revolutionary War and the Birth of Our Nation: A Bundle of Resources!
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