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Martin Luther King Day criminal justice - law scripts
Reader's Theater Script - Fairy Tale Mock Trial for the Wolf of 3 Little Pigs
Reader's Theaters are a fun way to get your kids reading. This fairy tale mock trial is for Alexander T. Wolf from the book The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. This reader's theatre script is a fun fractured fairy tale of the Three Little Pigs. This script is for upper elementary (3rd, 4th, & 5th). This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!After you download the resource, click the red Create Digital Activity button to get the di
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Reader's Theater Fairy Tales Scripts - Mock Trials of Fractured Fairy Tales
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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Reader's Theater Fairy Tales - Mock Trial Readers Theatre Scripts Bundle
Are you looking for fun reader’s theater for your kids? These reader's theatre scripts are mock trials of your favorite fairy tales. These fractured fairy tales reader theaters will have your kids deciding if the villain is guilty or innocent. Save 20% off when you buy the whole bundle.These scripts are for upper elementary (3rd, 4th, & 5th) and are a spinoff of popular fairy tale villains.This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!Aft
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3rd - 5th
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Reader's Theater Fairy Tales Scripts - Mock Trials of Fractured Fairy Tales
Are you looking for fun reader’s theater for your kids? These reader's theatre scripts are mock trials of your favorite fairy tales. These fractured fairy tale scripts will have your students decide if the villain is guilty or innocent of his/her crimes.Save 20% off when you buy the whole bundle. This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!After you download the resource, click the red Create Digital Activity button to get the digital versi
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3rd - 5th
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Reader's Theater Fairy Tales - Mock Trial Readers Theatre Script of Goldilocks
Are you looking for a fun reader's theater for your kids? This reader's theatre script is a mock trial of Goldilocks. This fractured fairy tale will have your students decide if Goldilocks is guilty or innocent of her crimes.This script is for upper elementary (3rd, 4th, & 5th) and is a spin-off of the Goldilocks fairy tale. This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!After you download the resource, click the red Create Digital Activity
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Reader's Theater Fairy Tales Scripts - Mock Trials of Fractured Fairy Tales
Reader's Theater Fairy Tales Scripts for Mock Trial of Wolf from Red Riding Hood
Reader's theater scripts are a fun way to get your kids reading. This fairy tale reader's theater is set up as a mock trial of the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. This reader's theatre script is for upper elementary (3rd, 4th, & 5th) and is a spin-off of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale.This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!After you download the resource, click the red Create Digital Activity button to get the digital vers
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Reader's Theater Fairy Tales - Mock Trial Readers Theatre Scripts Bundle
Courtroom Mock Trial | Reader's Theatre
Teaching 5th and 6th Grade students about the judicial system can be engaging when every child has a role to play in a mock trial. The Trial of Dayan drama script allows students to participate in various courtroom roles as a character is brought to the criminal justice system in a trial, and the “jurors” get to decide upon his verdict.The script has speaking roles for: Court Clerk Judge Prosecutor Defense Lawyer 3 Witnesses Dayan, the defendant 12 Jury Members (who will ad-lib their roles)Ther
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4th - 7th
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Martin Luther King Day Reader's Theater Toolkit for Middle School
This Martin Luther King Readers Theater Unit is one your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating MLK Day activities into your language arts instruction. This 10-character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making it a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!This is the perfect resource for sharing information about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while staying on task with your reading and writ
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â ELA American History Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle for Big Kids
January ELA Activities Bundle for Middle School
This collection of January and New Year's activities includes the perfect standards-based resources to engage your students on their return from winter break. Use these print-and-go resources to give your students practice reading to self, reading to someone, listening to reading, word work, and writing—all centered around the seasonal themes of January!This January ELA Bundle includes:• New Year's Close Reads for BIG KIDS• Martin Luther King Jr. Informational Text Task Cards• Martin Luther King
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4th - 7th
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Martin Luther King Jr Day Readers Theater
Enjoy and learn with this Reader's Theater script for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Informative Theater unit includes:1 two-page script in black and white with 5 Character Cards1 two-page script in color with 5 Character Cards1 informative sheet about the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial1 Martin Luther King, Jr. Facts Activity Page (2 versions)1 Unscramble the Letters Activity Page*****This is included in our Informative Reader’s Theater from January to June.
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Holidays January to June Readers Theater Bundle
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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Reader's theater scripts: The Three Bears vs. Goldilocks + 2 more
Need a fun, fast way to make judicial proceedings come alive? Want students to be motivated to do cross curricular writing? Try this set of three scripts based on familiar childhood fairy tales that teach about the judicial system. The Three Bears vs. Goldilocks reader's theater script is written at a 4.3 reading level, this 8 page, 4 scene script (with 2 optional scenes) also includes writing assignments so students determine the outcome of both the civil and criminal trials. . Ms. Piggy v
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5th - 11th
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail reader's theater script
Letter from a Birmingham Jail reader’s theater is a 2 page script for 8 readers that explains the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s arrest and subsequent letter, summarizes the content of the letter and provides a peek at subsequent landmark events that came as a result of the civil rights movement.Also included: a rubric, reader's theater version of MLK's I Have a Dream speech, and some Black History visual writing prompts/bulletin board items to promote critical thinking.Check out
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Black History Month bundle (in person and remote)
Fairytale Court Activity for Law Enforcement, Court Systems or Principles of Law
This packet contains everything teachers will need to conduct a fairytale court "trial" for criminal justice students. This is a two-day activity where students will spend Day 1 planning the trial and then will go through the trial process with a script on Day 2. This is one of my students' favorite activities during the school year and completely student-led once trial has started. Students will play the judge, bailiff, two prosecutors, two defense attorneys, a victim and a defendant as well as
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10th - 12th
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Fairy Tale on Trial Script - Little Red Riding Hood vs Big Bad Wolf
Teach students about the judicial branch through a fairy tale on trial activity. They will learn how to prepare a case for court, question witnesses, and use critical thinking skills to prepare for trial. This is a memorable activity that will help your students understand how a character's actions affect their credibility.
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2nd - 6th
Canadian Government Our Court System
This social studies unit was created to support the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 5, and is part of a larger Canadian Government and Citizenship unit available in my TPT store. These activities are aimed at Grades 4 to 6 students, but could easily be used in Grade 7 or 8. This resource introduces students to the various levels of courts within Canada, the roles of different people that participate in the court system and in trials, and also gives students an opportunity to reflec
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4th - 8th
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Martin Luther King Jr. Readers Theater Holiday Script, Reading & Activity Packet
This Martin Luther King Jr. Packet provides enjoyable reading and writing activities which coordinate with a readers theater script! This holiday script teaches key facts in the history of the civil rights movement and the life of Dr. King.This packet includes a 2-page readers theater script and 5 script-related activity sheets, each with its own answer key:* Fill-In the Blanks* Vocabulary Fun* Unscramble* Word Search* 5-Question QuizThis is a great way for students to increase reading and writi
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2nd - 4th
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A School Play and Readers’ Theater “The Dream – Martin Luther King, Jr."
Come share a school bus ride to Lakeview Elementary School in Montgomery, Alabama, and follow the children as they participate in an assembly about the life of one or our most famous African-Americans.“The Dream – Martin Luther King, Jr.” is an original play written for use as readers’ theater, as a part of balanced literacy (Read-Aloud, Shared and Performance Reading or Guided Reading), or for an actual play production. In readers’ theater or through one of the balanced literacy approaches to t
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Bundle of 15 Holiday Plays gr. 1-5
Mock Trial: The Case of SpongeBob SquarePants Versus Seamart
This is a fun mock trial that involves SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends. SpongeBob is given round pants instead of square pants at Seamart. The students need to read/listen to the facts in the case, and determine how to reach a verdict. The script is great for grades 2-5.This lesson will help students learn how to do evaluative thinking when problem solving and thinking like a judge. They will also learn the judicial system and how a courtroom operates by acting out a fun mock trial. Includ
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2nd - 5th
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I Have a Dream Speech Reader's Theatre: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
10-page Reader's Theatre Script of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream "speech including a forward. It has been written with 20 parts but can be adjusted. MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech is the perfect opportunity to actively engage your students in a history lesson. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of America's finest orators of all time. Use his speech as a catalyst for students to work on their presentation skills. Included in the packet are two essay prompts with writing pages. Specific inst
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5th - 8th
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The Three Branches of Government: Reader's Theatre Script on the Judicial Branch
Help your students to better understand the judicial branch with this fun, yet educational reader's theatre script.
Important vocabulary words are presented throughout the script and students are given the opportunity to decide the verdict!
Thank you!
Fabulous Fun in Fourth
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4th - 7th
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Martin's Big Dream: The Youth of MLK Readers Theater
Classic reader's theater from the pages of Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine! Martin's Big Dream is based on a true story from Dr. King’s childhood in which neighborhood boys refused to play baseball with him. Dr. King wrote that it was a pivotal moment in his becoming a civil rights leader. It was recently enacted by a branch of the Palace Theatre with support from the local BLM chapter, and it pairs nicely with Doreen Rappaport's book, "Martin's Big Words." It includes parts for ten to twelve
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4th - 7th
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" Reader's Theatre for High School
10-page Reader's Theatre Script of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream "speech including a forward. It has been written with 20 parts but can be adjusted. MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech is the perfect opportunity to actively engage your students in a history lesson. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of America's finest orators of all time. Use his speech as a catalyst for students to work on their presentation skills. Included in the packet are two essay prompts with writing pages. Specific inst
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9th - 12th
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Mock Trials for 4th grade
Transform your classroom into a courtroom with a Mock Trial. Bring government to life with this real world experience.
This unit will show you how to use actual social studies standards to create a trial in your class.
Students will become attorneys, witnesses, defendants and bailiffs.
Everything you need is right here in this file. Three cases: Native American Tribe vs. European Explorer, White Star Line (Titanic) vs. USA, East India Tea Company vs. Sons of Liberty.
I do this every year and w
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4th
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