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Women's History Month criminal justice - law scripts
Reader's Theater Script - Fairy Tale Mock Trial for the Wolf of 3 Little Pigs
Reader's Theaters are a fun way to get your kids reading. This fairy tale mock trial is for Alexander T. Wolf from the book The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. This reader's theatre script is a fun fractured fairy tale of the Three Little Pigs. This script is for upper elementary (3rd, 4th, & 5th). This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!After you download the resource, click the red Create Digital Activity button to get the di
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3rd - 5th
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Reader's Theater Fairy Tales - Mock Trial Readers Theatre Scripts Bundle
Are you looking for fun reader’s theater for your kids? These reader's theatre scripts are mock trials of your favorite fairy tales. These fractured fairy tales reader theaters will have your kids deciding if the villain is guilty or innocent. Save 20% off when you buy the whole bundle.These scripts are for upper elementary (3rd, 4th, & 5th) and are a spinoff of popular fairy tale villains.This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!Aft
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3rd - 5th
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Reader's Theater Fairy Tales Scripts - Mock Trials of Fractured Fairy Tales
Are you looking for fun reader’s theater for your kids? These reader's theatre scripts are mock trials of your favorite fairy tales. These fractured fairy tale scripts will have your students decide if the villain is guilty or innocent of his/her crimes.Save 20% off when you buy the whole bundle. This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!After you download the resource, click the red Create Digital Activity button to get the digital versi
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3rd - 5th
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Courtroom Mock Trial | Reader's Theatre
Teaching 5th and 6th Grade students about the judicial system can be engaging when every child has a role to play in a mock trial. The Trial of Dayan drama script allows students to participate in various courtroom roles as a character is brought to the criminal justice system in a trial, and the “jurors” get to decide upon his verdict.The script has speaking roles for: Court Clerk Judge Prosecutor Defense Lawyer 3 Witnesses Dayan, the defendant 12 Jury Members (who will ad-lib their roles)Ther
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4th - 7th
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Reader's Theater Fairy Tales - Mock Trial Readers Theatre Script of Goldilocks
Are you looking for a fun reader's theater for your kids? This reader's theatre script is a mock trial of Goldilocks. This fractured fairy tale will have your students decide if Goldilocks is guilty or innocent of her crimes.This script is for upper elementary (3rd, 4th, & 5th) and is a spin-off of the Goldilocks fairy tale. This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!After you download the resource, click the red Create Digital Activity
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3rd - 5th
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Reader's Theater Fairy Tales Scripts for Mock Trial of Wolf from Red Riding Hood
Reader's theater scripts are a fun way to get your kids reading. This fairy tale reader's theater is set up as a mock trial of the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. This reader's theatre script is for upper elementary (3rd, 4th, & 5th) and is a spin-off of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale.This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!After you download the resource, click the red Create Digital Activity button to get the digital vers
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Fairy Tales - Mock Trial Readers Theatre Scripts Bundle
The Secret Soldier American Revolution Read Aloud Play
A great resource for Women's History Month! Engage your students in the American Revolution with this historically-accurate play based on the life of Deborah Samson, the first woman to serve in the U.S. military. Near the end of the Revolutionary War, Samson disguised herself as a man to enlist in the Continental Army, serving with valor for nearly a year. Originally published in the Nov/Dec. 2102 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine and reprinted in the March 2013 issue of Scope, this play
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4th - 7th
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Mock Trial: People vs. Woodstock
I searched and searched for a good Mock Trial to use with my govt. students. After not finding what I wanted, I created my own.This document contains everything you need. It includes all witness statements, handouts, info on presenting the different aspects of the trial.The project takes about a week of class time.
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9th - 12th
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Reader's theater scripts: The Three Bears vs. Goldilocks + 2 more
Need a fun, fast way to make judicial proceedings come alive? Want students to be motivated to do cross curricular writing? Try this set of three scripts based on familiar childhood fairy tales that teach about the judicial system. The Three Bears vs. Goldilocks reader's theater script is written at a 4.3 reading level, this 8 page, 4 scene script (with 2 optional scenes) also includes writing assignments so students determine the outcome of both the civil and criminal trials. . Ms. Piggy v
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5th - 11th
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Fairytale Court Activity for Law Enforcement, Court Systems or Principles of Law
This packet contains everything teachers will need to conduct a fairytale court "trial" for criminal justice students. This is a two-day activity where students will spend Day 1 planning the trial and then will go through the trial process with a script on Day 2. This is one of my students' favorite activities during the school year and completely student-led once trial has started. Students will play the judge, bailiff, two prosecutors, two defense attorneys, a victim and a defendant as well as
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10th - 12th
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Mock Trial: The Case of SpongeBob SquarePants Versus Seamart
This is a fun mock trial that involves SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends. SpongeBob is given round pants instead of square pants at Seamart. The students need to read/listen to the facts in the case, and determine how to reach a verdict. The script is great for grades 2-5.This lesson will help students learn how to do evaluative thinking when problem solving and thinking like a judge. They will also learn the judicial system and how a courtroom operates by acting out a fun mock trial. Includ
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2nd - 5th
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Ruby Bridges Reader's Theatre Play
This is a 5 minute interactive play about Ruby Bridges. This play breathes life into the story of Ruby Bridges and allows students to imagine what it would have been like to be in her shoes. This play also includes a teacher's guide and Common Core aligned activities for students. This play and its supporting materials have been updated, revised and edited for clarity.
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2nd - 5th
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Civil War Readers' Theater | Women's History Month | Wax Museum Play
Doing a history based readers' theater with your upper elementary and Jr. High students is a great way to combine reading and learning about the past. 5 Strong Women is an original Civil War readers’ theater that focuses on 5 women who played important roles in both the North and the South during the American Civil War. Read as part of Women's History Month or as a group wax museum activity. Harriet Beecher Stowe Clara Barton Rose O'Neal Greenhow Elizabeth Van Lew Jenny HodgersUse this script as
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5th - 8th
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Fairy Tale on Trial Script - Little Red Riding Hood vs Big Bad Wolf
Teach students about the judicial branch through a fairy tale on trial activity. They will learn how to prepare a case for court, question witnesses, and use critical thinking skills to prepare for trial. This is a memorable activity that will help your students understand how a character's actions affect their credibility.
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2nd - 6th
Bessie Coleman: Aviator!(Reader's Theater Script)
Use this informative Reader's Theater Script to learn about Bessie Coleman. Bessie was the first African American female pilot in the U.S. A. AND the first AMERICAN to receive an international pilot's license! Great for Black History Month in February or Women's History Month in March. Comprehension questions/extension activities, key. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series.I also have these resources you may find of interest:1. The idea to foster contributions of African Americans began wi
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5th - 9th
Also included in: African American Trailblazers(Bundle of SIX Famous African American)
Readers Theater: Harriet Tubman | 3rd-6th Grade | Black History Month
Introducing our Harriet Tubman Reader's Theater activity - a fun and educational way for students in grades 3-8 to learn about the life and accomplishments of this brave and determined woman. Through the script, students will explore the history of slavery and the underground railroad, and discover the importance of freedom, bravery, and determination. With roles for multiple characters, including Harriet, her husband John, and her brother William, students can also practice their acting and pub
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3rd - 6th
Canadian Government Our Court System
This social studies unit was created to support the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 5, and is part of a larger Canadian Government and Citizenship unit available in my TPT store. These activities are aimed at Grades 4 to 6 students, but could easily be used in Grade 7 or 8. This resource introduces students to the various levels of courts within Canada, the roles of different people that participate in the court system and in trials, and also gives students an opportunity to reflec
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4th - 8th
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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Activities 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Grade READERS THEATER BUNDLE
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Activities 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Grade READERS THEATER BUNDLEHere's a great set of readers theater scripts about amazing women in history. A great resource to help celebrate Women's History Month!
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2nd - 5th
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Revolutionary War: Spies- A Visit with Female Agent 355(Culper Spy Ring)Script
American Revolution/ Revolutionary War: Studying the 13 Colonies/Colonial Times? This resource would work great for such a unit of study. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee's Reader's Theater Scripts, I really had fun developing this play about the Culper Spy Ring and specifically, Agent 355, one of the female member of the organization!During the Revolutionary War, the Culper Spy Ring was organized to work to defeat the British. Agent 355 and other members of the spy organization were very important i
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Revolutionary War and the Birth of Our Nation: A Bundle of Resources!
Betsy Ross: Fact or Fiction? U.S. History Reader's Theater
The history of the flag of the United States is a compelling story, but historians are divided as to the facts. Did Betsy Ross really create the first flag? This play, which was originally published in my book, Read Aloud Plays: Symbols of America, and later reprinted in the January 2002 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine, encourages readers to become history sleuths. It includes the play script, a short reading supplement, a bubble quiz, a comprehension activity built around William Canb
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4th - 7th
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World War 2: Female Pilots(Members of the WASP): A Reader's Theater Script
During WW2, it was very unusual for a woman to be a pilot. When there was a shortage of male pilots due to their being needed in combat, an experimental project was begun where female pilots would be used by the military(although they weren't part of the military) to assist with ferrying aircrafts from the manufacturers to military bases. Female pilots, WomenAir Force Service Pilots,(WASP) also would test repaired planes to see if they were SAFE for male pilots to fly. They also were asked to he
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5th - 9th
Also included in: WOMEN'S HISTORY: A BUNDLE of 10 READER'S THEATER SCRIPTS
Reader's Theater: Women's History Month and Susan B. Anthony- Grades 3-6
This Reader’s Theater was created because my students LOVE them! I try to make these exciting, while also teaching the kids a thing or two at the same time about History/Social Studies.
In this Reader's Theater, students travel back in time to see Susan B. Anthony giving a speech explaining the importance of equal voting rights. Pieces of the actual speech from 1873 are used in this reader's theater.
The play itself is 7 pages long, and has 5 different parts. I like to either use these reader'
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3rd - 6th
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Women’s Rights Movement Activity Pack
The goal of this pack is to help your grade 4-6 students learn the main women and men who fought in the Women’s Rights Movement and the events leading up to the 19th Amendment.
Topics Include: suffrage, women’s injustices, the groundbreaking newspaper The Revolution, The Declaration of Sentiments, picketing, and the difficulties faced in order to pass the 19th Amendment.
Activities included:
-A 20 speaking part reader’s theater with historical figures Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony,
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4th - 7th
Black History Month Activity | Readers Theater | Rosa Parks
This Black History Month OR Women's History Month-Themed Reader’s Theatre is an engaging way to teach your students about Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement, while also helping to improve reading skills and fluency. Your students will enjoy reading and learning about Rosa Parks and the bus boycott of 1955 as they act out the script. What you'll get:A 3-page script with 7 different speaking parts.A front page to color and write the names of the parts 2 worksheets with comprehension questio
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4th - 7th
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