Government Reader's Theater Bundle!

This resource includes four complete Reader's Theater activities for middle grade students studying government! The plays in this product include Types of Government, the Three Branches of Government, Constitution Day, and Rights and Responsibilities!

Each play is a 5-Act, 25-role Reader's Theater script. Reader's Theater is an engaging instructional strategy for middle grade students that allows them to act out various historical scenes. This resource is a great review activity and assessment strategy. It also helps build fluency and reading comprehension skills!

Each of the five acts in each play includes three questions for the class to discuss. There is a ten-question multiple choice quiz for students at the conclusion of each play for an assessment. Lastly, there is an extension activity for each play in which students will create their own script following each Reader's Theater.

Answer keys are included for the quizzes.

For Types of Government, the acts are as follows:

Act I: Divine Leaders (Theocracies in Ancient Egypt and Ancient China)

Act II: Ruling by Force (Dictators Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte)

Act III: Kings and Queens (Monarchies of Queen Elizabeth I and King George III)

Act IV: A Voice for the People (Democracies of Ancient Greece and America)

Act V: Governments Today

For the Three Branches of Government, the acts are as follows:

Act I: A Plan for Government

Act II: A Two-House Legislature (Legislative Branch)

Act III: The Chief Executive (Executive Branch)

Act IV: The Supreme Court (Judicial Branch)

Act V: Checks and Balances

For Constitution Day, the acts are as follows:

Act I: The Articles of Confederation

Act II: The Constitutional Convention

Act III: The Federalist Papers

Act IV: Ratification and the Bill of Rights

Act V: The Law of the Land

For Rights and Responsibilities, the acts are as follows:

Act I: The Age of Reason (The Enlightenment)

Act II: The Bill of Rights

Act III: The Other Amendments

Act IV: How a Bill Becomes a Law

Act V: Life in a Democracy (Federalism)

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