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7th grade Native Americans scripts
Coyote Tales - Native American Reader's Theater
This package was intended for November which is Native American month but can be done at any time. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have plac
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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
Ancient Maya Civilization Reader's Theater
This resource is a 5-Act, 25-role reader's theater script for the Ancient Maya Civilization! 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: Religion and the PyramidsAct II: Hieroglyphics and ArtAct III: A Famous Ball Game (Recreation and Agriculture)Act IV: A Legendary CalendarAct V: A Mysterious EndingEach act includes discussion questions. There is a quiz for students at the
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Mesoamerica (Maya, Aztecs, Incas) Reader's Theater Bundle
Aztec Empire Reader's Theater
This resource is a 5-Act, 25-role reader's theater script for the Aztec Empire! 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: An Empire is Born (The Triple Alliance)Act II: Social and Religious SystemsAct III: Farming and EducationAct IV: The Capital City (Tenochtitlan)Act V: The Conquistadors Arrive (Montezuma II and Hernan Cortes)Each act includes discussion questions. Ther
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Mesoamerica (Maya, Aztecs, Incas) Reader's Theater Bundle
Reader's Theater Play - The First Americans Cross Bering Strait
This reader's theater explores how Native people theoretically crossed the Bering Strait and branched into the early, great civilizations of the Olmec, Mayan, Inca, Aztec, Mississippian, and Southwest.
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Reader's Theaters Plays - 9-Pack Bundle, US History 1600-1860
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
Westward Expansion Readers Theatre
Have you ever wondered how to bring this time period to life for your students? This is a VERY UNIQUE and creative five act readers' theatre over Westward Expansion. Making this into a play format helps students understand and enjoy the content. Students LOVE interacting with history in these fun Reading Activities. Readers Theater helps to….develop fluency through repeated exposure to text.increase comprehension.integrate reading, writing, speaking, and listening in an authentic context.en
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Readers Theatre in History Class
Inca Empire Reader's Theater
This resource is a 5-Act, 25-role reader's theater script for the Inca Empire! 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: Creating an Empire (Pachacuti)Act II: Ruling the People (Government and Economy)Act III: Farming the Land (Llamas and Terracing) Act IV: The Invaders Arrive (Atahualpa and Francisco Pizarro) Act V: Finding a Sacred Mountain (Machu Pichu) Each act includ
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Mesoamerica (Maya, Aztecs, Incas) Reader's Theater Bundle
Gluscabi Script-Story (A Tale from Native American Mythology)
This 10-page script-story, which has 13 reading parts, adapts a series of Native American myths about the hero Gluscabi. In his many adventures, which take him to visit a giant wind eagle and do battle with a viscous water monster, Gluscabi learns about the importance of the balance of nature.
This script-story also comes with a 2-page teacher guide with story summary, background information, essential questions, teachable terms, discussion questions, and recall questions.
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
The Hero Twins in the Land of the Dead: A Mayan Myth (Reader's Theater Script)
In this famous Mayan myth, a set of heroic twins descend into the Underworld to challenge the gods of death to...a ball game? If they win, they will end the death gods' reign of terror. If they lose, they will pay with their lives! This Meso-American hero story from the Popol Vuh features talking animals, magical transformations, and the ancient sport of Pok-ta-Pok—not to mention messenger owls! This 15-page download features: a 13-page Reader's Theater script-story with reading parts for 12 rea
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Hero Tales from World Mythology Bundle
Reader's Theater Play - The Last Stand: The Battle of Little Bighorn
There's no denying it - the Lakota, led by Chief (and Medicine Man) Sitting Bull, were a fierce group of people, and when the United States government first turned their back on them,t hey didn't necessarily know what they were in for. Enter the vain Civil War General George Armstrong Custer, who sought to either civilize or defeat this group of roving, savage Native Americans. He would do neither, and it would cost him his life.
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4th - 10th
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Sacagawea: A Reader's Theater Script
Learn about Sacagawea with this Reader's Theater Script. Sacagawea is a guest on Ms. Bie Ografee's Talk Show and the studio audience asks questions about her life and contributions to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. There are 10 questioners, a Did You Know? fun fact section, comprehension questions, a teacher page with extension activities, the key and additional links.Check out my web quest on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The two resources would work well with one another! Lewis and Clark
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5th - 8th
Also included in: NATIVE AMERICANS: A BUNDLE of RESOURCES
Sequoyah: The Man that Invented a Writing System(Reader's Theater Script)
Learn about Sequoyah, the man that invented a writing system for the Cherokee people. The Reader's Theater Script includes a Did You Know section, Comprehension questions, a teacher page with directions and extension activities.Other resources of interest:1. Learn about Sacagawea with this Reader's Theater Script. Sacagawea is a guest on Ms. Bie Ografee's Talk Show and the studio audience asks questions about her life and contributions to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. There are 10 questione
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5th - 8th
Also included in: NATIVE AMERICANS: A BUNDLE of RESOURCES
Grandfather Chenoo: A Native American Myth (Reader's Theater Script-Story)
Something inhuman stalks the frozen woods of the north—a creature whose emaciated body craves your flesh and whose razor-sharp claws will rip it from your bones. This is the Chenoo, and all who know him, fear him—except one: a brave woman named Nesoowa. But how will she best the beast when so many have failed and paid with their lives?This monster tale derives from the Wabanaki people of the Northeast United States and southeast Canada. Similar to the Wendigo of other tribal myths, the Chenoo i
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6th - 12th
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Can You Save the Aztec Empire?
This group project is a great addition to your Exploration or Aztec unit. The premise is that students are time-traveling from the future to the 16th century right before the Aztec conquest. They are tasked with creating a public service announcement video where they warn Moctezuma and the Aztec people about the impending invasion and give guidance on how to defend against the invaders. Students will focus their advice on military tactics, forming alliances, strengthening cultural resistance and
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6th - 12th
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"Andrew Jackson: Man of the People" Readers Theatre
Andrew JacksonThis engaging readers' theatre will bring your Jackson unit to LIFE! Written with clever wit and humor, your class will have a blast with these characters. This six-act play covers the Election of 1824 and 1828, the spoils system, the nullification crisis, Worcester vs. Georgia, The Indian Removal Act, and the bank war. Readers Theater helps to….develop fluency through repeated exposure to text.increase comprehension.integrate reading, writing, speaking, and listening in an authe
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Readers Theatre in History Class
Clever Coyote - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is a Comanche legend about how clever coyote saved the buffalo. In the script, A long time ago a monster came and stole all the buffalo overnight. He took them and locked them up in his mountain cave. Coyote called all animals and people together to discuss what they should do. They came up with a plan to give a pet to the small boy who lived with the monster and, at the right time, the pet would set the buffalo free. They sent a mouse and then a bird
Native American Beginnings Reader's Theatre Package
Teaching the origins of Native American groups in American history is one of the crucial learning objectives in middle school social studies. In this reader's theatre package, students will learn about America's first peoples. This package is a comprehensive, ready-to-use resource for exploring and understanding Native American heritage. Step into the rich tapestry of Native American history with this engaging reader's theatre script featured on the History Network. Hosts Bob Masters and Sharon
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Exploration & Colonization - American History Reader's Theatre Bundle
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
Coyote, Bobcat, and the Corn - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is a Navajo tell about Coyote. In the script, Coyote is hungry and is a bad hunter. He convinces Bobcat to join him to go and get some ears of corn. Bobcat is slow and it is far away also, he does not trust Coyote. But Coyote talks Bobcat into going to the cornfield to get the corn. He says he knows a way to help Bobcat run fast and off they go. By the time they get there Bobcat is tired and sits down to rest while Coyote makes a pig of himself. Soon t
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4th - 12th
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How Crow Brought the Daylight – Small Group Reader’s Theater
This reader's theater was written for a group of 5 students but can be expanded to 7. It is based on the Inuit's legend of the Crow and how it brought daylight to them. In the script, When the Earth was young there was no daylight in the north and the Inuit people lived always in darkness. One day Old Crow begins to tell them of the daylight he has seen in his long travels and the people beg him to go and bring them some. At first he refuses because he is old now and doesn’t think he can make it
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Two Wolves - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 3 students. It is a Cherokee legend about two wolves. In the script, a grandson has come to visit his grandfather. He is invited to breakfast. When the grandfather asks him how he is doing - the grandson tells him that he has been fighting with his best friend. The grandson says his friend called him names and took his toy and won’t say sorry until he does. The grandson doesn’t think he should have to apologize. After thinking for a moment, the grandfather tells his
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