Spindletop Oil Boom Readers Theater Script | Grades 6-8

Witness the 1901 Spindletop gusher and Beaumont’s explosive growth as students learn how Texas became a global oil leader.

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• Grade bands: 6-8
• Characters: 12
• Word count: 2300

Perfect For

• Industrialization lessons
• Texas economic history
• STEM & energy discussions

(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 pages, DOCX/PDF/Google Doc)
• Student worksheet (~25 Google Slides)
• Self‑graded Google Forms quiz (20 questions)

Teacher’s Script Summary

• Scene 1: Journey to Spindletop.
• Scene 2: Pattillo Higgins’s prediction.
• Scene 3: Lucas Gusher erupts, Jan 10 1901.
• Scene 4: Beaumont boomtown.
• Scene 5: Birth of oil industry.
• Scene 6: Production decline 1903.
• Scene 7: 1925 deeper‑well revival.
• Scene 8: Global oil impact.
• Scene 9: Museum preserves story.
• Scene 10: Modern oil reflections.

Standards Alignment

TEKS 113.19(b)(2)(C); TEKS 113.19(b)(3)(A); TEKS 113.19(b)(6)(B); RL.8.1; RL.8.2; RL.8.9