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Us History Readers' Theater Grd 5-8

Author: Robert W. Smith

Publisher: Teacher Created Resources

Published: 2008-05

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1420639978

Why use Readers Theater in history classes? The format gives students a sense of involvement with the human dramas that make up history. Performers can feel the excitement as Archimedes discovers the displacement of water. They can relate to the terrors of a slave s passage from Africa to the Americas. They can imagine the tension of wading through the water at Omaha Beach as bullets strike their buddies. Each script (12 15 per book) is accompanied by background information, literature connections, extension activities, and discussion questions.

World History Readers' Theater, Grades 5-8

Author: Robert W. Smith

Publisher: Teacher Created Resources

Published: 2008-05

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1420639986

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Readers Theatre for African American History

Author: Jeff Sanders

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 2008-06-30

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13:

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Readers experience the founding of the North Star by Frederick Douglass, the famous concert of Marian Anderson, and other memorable events in this book of readers theatre plays for students in grades 4-8.

Readers Theatre for American History

Author: Anthony D. Fredericks

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 2001-04-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781563088605

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This participatory approach actively engages students in their own American history education. Arranged chronologically, these 24 readers theatre scripts put students in roles of selected historical figures, giving them a you are there perspective on the unfolding of critical milestones, memorable circumstances, and colorful venues that have shaped the American experience. Students can travel with a determined family along the Oregon Trail or to the moon with Neil Armstrong. Other opportunities to make history come alive include scripts having students work alongside Father Junipero Serra at Mission San Juan Capistrano and stand alongside Thomas Jefferson as he drafts the Declaration of Independence. Activity ideas and learning extensions follow each script.

Readers Theatre for American History

Author: Anthony D. Fredericks

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 2001-04-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781417731237

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Arranged chronologically, offers twenty-four readers theater scripts designed to put students in roles of selected historical figures to experience American history through dramatic readings.

Ellen Craft's Escape from Slavery

Author: Cathy Moore

Publisher: Millbrook Press

Published: 2010-08-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0761366733

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In the 1840s, runaway slaves faced many dangers. They were often caught and sometimes killed. Ellen Craft and her husband William knew the risks. And they decided to take a chance. Ellen and William had a daring plan to escape from slavery. Posing as a white man, Ellen hoped to travel north as William's slave master. But the two had many states to cross. Would they reach freedom? Or would someone see through Ellen's disguise? In the back of this book, you'll find a script and instructions for putting on a reader's theater performance of this adventure. Download additional copies of the script plus sound effects, background images, and more ideas that will help make your reader's theater performance a success through Lerner eSource.

Readers' Theater

Author: Evan-Moor Corporation

Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781557998941

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All your students can shine thanks to the flexible casting options provided in Readers' Theater, Grade 5. To support struggling readers, cast two or more students in each role; the extra support of choral reading can make an important difference for many students. Refer to the Readers' Theater Table of Contents to see how you can connect each of the 15 read-aloud scripts to key content from the Grade 5 curriculum. Some of the scripts included are: - "Demeter and Persephone"--based on the classic Greek myth - "SOS Titanic"--a rescue on the high seas based on true events - "Getting the Scoop on UFOs"--a high school journalist learns a lesson about objective reporting - "The Montgomery Bus Boycott"--Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other historical figures take the stage in this script based on historical events - "All the Rice in India"--this version of a folktale from India involves students in an intriguing mathematical challenge - Many more

American History Reader's Theater, eBook

Author: Margaret Allen

Publisher: Creative Teaching Press

Published: 2004-04-01

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1591987881

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American History Readers Theater provides hours of fluency practice that is grounded in the familiar format of American history and features characters students know and may even admire. The scripts and activities in this resource address standards in reading, speaking, and listening while providing a fun environment for everyone involved. When students practice their lines, they read and reread the same passages. Under your direction, they gradually add more expression, read more smoothly, and find any subtle meanings in the passages. American History Readers Theater also meets the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act through direct instruction in three of five key elements of reading instruction: reading fluency, text comprehension, and vocabulary development.

Readers Theatre for Global Explorers

Author: Doraine Bennett

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-12-16

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1598845160

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This exciting compilation of readers theatre scripts for the 4th to 8th grade social studies classroom brings history to life via the adventures of explorers across the globe. Throughout history, powerful kings and queens have sent their emissaries on quests for land and wealth to expand their empires. But what about those emissaries? A man who ventures to sail into uncharted seas, knowing he may never return. A woman who disguises herself and walks into forbidden lands. What gave them the courage and the strength to face many daunting challenges? How did they feel during the worst and best times in their adventures? Readers Theatre for Global Explorers gives social studies teachers and school librarians a tool to introduce students to the determined men and women who ventured into unknown territory. This collection of short scripts for 4th–8th grade students teaches about explorers, their native cultures, and the lands they found. Just as importantly, they make learning fun.

Reader's Theater Scripts--Texas History

Author: Timothy Rasinski

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-08-01

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1425896049

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Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. Engage students through Reader's Theater to make learning fun while building knowledge of Texas history and the significant people, events, and places that make Texas what it is today. Improve vocabulary and comprehension with repeated practice and performance of the scripts along with TEKS-based activities in the lesson plans, which include word study, comprehension questions, and extension activities. Make your classroom a Reader's Theater classroom today!