Central Valley Yokuts Readers Theater Script | Grades 3-5

Embark on a time‑travel adventure with the Yokuts People of California’s Central Valley. Students explore tule villages, basket weaving, Spanish contact, Gold Rush disruption, and modern cultural preservation through 10 vivid scenes.

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• Grade bands: 3-5
• Characters: 10
• Word count: 2300

Perfect For

• California Native Peoples unit
• Reading fluency & drama days
• Social‑studies critical thinking

(a single PDF with links to Google Docs/Slides, if print format is preferred you can download from your Google Drive to word/pdf/ppt/etc)

What’s Included

• Student script (~2300 words, 10 scenes, DOCX/PDF/Google Doc)
• Teacher guide (~12-14 pages, DOCX/PDF/Google Doc)
• Student worksheet (~25 Google Slides)
• Self-graded Google Forms quiz (20 questions)

Teacher’s Script Summary

• Scene 1: Joel and Amanda arrive in a tule village.
• Scene 2: Building tule‑reed homes on the San Joaquin River.
• Scene 3: Hunting deer and gathering acorns.
• Scene 4: Basket weaving and storytelling.
• Scene 5: Spanish explorer Pedro Fages arrives in 1772.
• Scene 6: Mission life challenges the Yokuts.
• Scene 7: 1849 Gold Rush displaces tribes.
• Scene 8: Reservation life and cultural resistance.
• Scene 9: Modern Tachi Yokuts preserve traditions.
• Scene 10: Reflecting on Yokuts heritage.

Standards Alignment

CA HSS 4.2; RI.4.1; RI.4.3; CCRA.W.2