• Red Scare & Palmer Raids – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12) - ["Grades 9-12","U.S. History - WWI"]
  • Red Scare & Palmer Raids – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12) - ["Grades 9-12","U.S. History - WWI"]
  • Red Scare & Palmer Raids – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12) - ["Grades 9-12","U.S. History - WWI"]
  • Red Scare & Palmer Raids – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12) - ["Grades 9-12","U.S. History - WWI"]
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Red Scare & Palmer Raids – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)

Red Scare & Palmer Raids – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)

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Classroom Use at a Glance

A no-prep World War I U.S. History Reader’s Theater script for grades 11–12 focused on Red Scare & Palmer Raids. Designed for one class period of content-area reading, fluency practice, discussion, review, and quick assessment in social studies or ELA classrooms.

Resource Type RT Script
Subjects History
Classroom Uses Whole Class, Small Groups, Fluency Practice, Performance Reading, Content-Area Reading, Discussion, Review, Assessment, Sub Plan view all
  • Whole Class
  • Small Groups
  • Fluency Practice
  • Performance Reading
  • Content-Area Reading
  • Discussion
  • Review
  • Assessment
  • Sub Plan
Included Reader’s Theater Script, Teacher Guide, Student Worksheet, Answer Key, Quiz, Google Forms Quiz, Discussion Questions, Writing Prompt view all
  • Reader’s Theater Script
  • Teacher Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • Answer Key
  • Quiz
  • Google Forms Quiz
  • Discussion Questions
  • Writing Prompt
Format PDF, DOCX, Google Docs, Google Forms, Printable, Editable view all
  • PDF
  • DOCX
  • Google Docs
  • Google Forms
  • Printable
  • Editable
Prep Level No Prep
Time Required One Class Period
Differentiation Mixed Reading Levels, Vocabulary Support, Small-Group Support view all
  • Mixed Reading Levels
  • Vocabulary Support
  • Small-Group Support

Red Scare & Palmer Raids – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)

Students confront bomb plots, mass arrests and civil‑liberties backlash.

Focus: Students confront bomb plots, mass arrests and civil‑liberties backlash.

Summary:
Ten scenes trace 1919‑20 fear—from anarchist bombs to Congressional hearings—in a script that probes freedom vs. security.

Script Summary:

  • Bomb explodes at Palmer’s house.
  • Hoover compiles radical files.
  • Goldman deported on 'Soviet Ark'.
  • January raids seize 4,000 suspects.
  • Senate hearings expose abuses.

What’s Included:

(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)

  • Readers Theater script (9 pages, 10 scenes, 14‑15 characters, editable Google Doc/PDF)
  • Teacher Guide (10 pages) with scene summaries, primary‑source context, CCSS alignment, discussion questions
  • Student Worksheet deck (25 Google Slides) covering vocabulary, short‑answer, analysis & extension tasks
  • 20‑question self‑grading Google Forms quiz

Skills Addressed:

  • Reading Palmer’s 'Case Against the Reds'
  • Expressive courtroom & newsroom dialogue
  • Debating constitutional limits
  • SAT vocab: deportation, tyranny

The worksheet deepens learning with:

  • 10 text‑based comprehension questions
  • 5 higher‑order analysis prompts
  • 5 optional research extension questions (use of primary‑source links)
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