Sam Houston & the Republic of Texas Readers Theater Script | Grades 3-5

Join Sam Houston from San Jacinto victory through presidency and statehood as students explore leadership, treaties with Cherokee, and Texas’s path to the U.S.

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• Grade bands: 3-5
• Characters: 10
• Word count: 2000

Perfect For

• Biographies of leaders
• Republic of Texas studies
• Drama‑based social studies

(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 (~2000 words, 10 scenes, DOCX/PDF/Google Doc)
• Teacher guide (~12 pages, DOCX/PDF/Google Doc)
• Student worksheet (~25 Google Slides)
• Self‑graded Google Forms quiz (20 questions)

Teacher’s Script Summary

• Scene 1: Meeting Sam Houston.
• Scene 2: Commanding the Texian Army.
• Scene 3: 18‑minute San Jacinto victory.
• Scene 4: First president organizes government.
• Scene 5: Cherokee peace treaty 1836.
• Scene 6: Second presidential term 1841‑44.
• Scene 7: Texas joins U.S. 1845.
• Scene 8: U.S. Senate years.
• Scene 9: Houston city honors legacy.
• Scene 10: Lessons in leadership.

Standards Alignment

TEKS 113.15(b)(4)(A); TEKS 113.15(b)(4)(B); TEKS 113.15(b)(14)(A); RI.4.1; RI.4.2; RI.4.9