This bundle includes 15 Readers Theater scripts and are perfect for supplementing an American Revolution unit, reading practice, centers or just getting comfortable reading in public.
Each script has two differentiated version, a grade 3 to 5 version and a grade 6 to 8 version.
The scripts vary from 700~1300 words and should each take about ~20 minutes to read depending on your classroom's level. An extra ~25 minutes for prep, discussion, vocabulary or short answer comprehension questions should also be planned.
This 15 script bundle includes the following products:
01 The Boston Tea Party & Intolerable Acts (1773) [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Historical Figures: Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, King George III
- Grades 3~5 Version (~10 Characters, 900 words, 9 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~16 Characters, 1250 words, 10 pages)
02 The First Continental Congress (1774)
- Historical Figures: John Adams, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson
- Grades 3~5 Version (11 Characters, 900 words, 9 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~12 Characters, 730 words, 8 pages)
03 Patrick Henry at the Virginia Convention (1775)
- Historical Figure: Patrick Henry
- Grades 3~5 Version (15 Characters, 1100 words, 10 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~16 Characters, 1500 words, 10 pages)
04 The Midnight Ride & the Shot Heard Round the World (1775)
- Historical Figures: Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott
- Grades 3~5 Version (12 Characters, 1000 words, 10 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~17 Characters, 1100 words, 10 pages)
05 The Green Mountain Boys & Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
- Historical Figures: Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, Colonel William Prescott
- Grades 3~5 Version (10 Characters, 1100 words, 10 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~14 Characters, 1350 words, 11 pages)
06 The Second Continental Congress (1775)
- Historical Figures: George Washington
- Grades 3~5 Version (11 Characters, 800 words, 9 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~11 Characters, 1100 words, 10 pages)
07 Common Sense & Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Historical Figures: Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson
- Grades 3~5 Version (18 Characters, 900 words, 9 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~22 Characters, 1300 words, 10 pages)
08 Crossing the Delaware & Victory at Trenton (1776)
- Historical Figure: General George Washington
- Grades 3~5 Version (14 Characters, 1280 words, 10 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~15 Characters, 1300 words, 11 pages)
09 Valley Forge & The American Crisis (1777-1778)
- Historical Figures: General George Washington, Thomas Paine, Baron Friedrich von Steuben
- Grades 3~5 Version (10 Characters, 1000 words, 9 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~13 Characters, 1050 words, 9 pages)
10 Foreign Allies: Lafayette and France (1777-1778)
- Historical Figures: Marquis de Lafayette, Benjamin Franklin, King Louis XVI, General Rochambeau
- Grades 3~5 Version (16 Characters, 660 words, 8 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~15 Characters, 800 words, 9 pages)
11 Sybil Ludington and Molly Pitcher (1777)
- Historical Figures: Sybil Ludington, Mary Ludwig Hays ("Molly Pitcher")
- Grades 3~5 Version (15 Characters, 720 words, 8 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~18 Characters, 880 words, 9 pages)
12 Alexander Hamilton and His Duel (1780s-1804)
- Historical Figures: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr
- Grades 3~5 Version (13 Characters, 715 words, 8 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~20 Characters, 1150 words, 10 pages)
13 Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris (1781 - 1783)
- Historical Figures: George Washington, General Rochambeau, Marquis de Lafayette, General Cornwallis
- Grades 3~5 Version (19 Characters, 900 words, 9 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~24 Characters, 1250 words, 10 pages)
14 George Washington Stepping Down (1783)
- Historical Figures: George Washington, Cincinnatus
- Grades 3~5 Version (15 Characters, 750 words, 9 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~18 Characters, 900 words, 9 pages)
15 Slavery and the American Revolution (1770s-1780s)
- Historical Figures: Crispus Attucks
- Grades 3~5 Version (21 Characters, 1000 words, 9 pages)
- Grades 6~8 Version (~23 Characters, 860 words, 8 pages)
(Check the preview files for each individual product to see high resolution samples of example scenes and details on length.)
