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Reader's Theater Play: Black History Heroes | Black History Month Kids Play

Reader's Theater Play: Black History Heroes | Black History Month Kids Play preview
Reader's Theater Play: Black History Heroes | Black History Month Kids Play preview
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Look Inside · 9 pages

Cover of Black History Heroes: Then and Now, a reader's theater resource subtitled A Rap Opera for Kids Play
Title cover of the reader's theater play
First cast page describes Child, Mom, Katherine Johnson, George Washington Carver, and four more roles
Cast descriptions for the first eight roles
Second cast page describes the roles of Christopher Priest, Phillis Wheatley, Oprah Winfrey, and Maggie Walker
Cast descriptions for the remaining four roles
Act One opens in Child's bedroom, where Mom tells Child to stop the music and study for a history test
Opening script page: Child and Mom
Script continues as Child falls asleep, history heroes enter, and Katherine Johnson explains her NASA work
Script continuation: Katherine Johnson arrives
Script introduces George Washington Carver's plant research and Colin Powell's military and advisory roles
Script continuation: Carver and Powell
Script features James Armistead Lafayette's spy story and Barack Obama introducing Douglas Wilder to Child
Script continuation: Lafayette and Obama
Script presents Douglas Wilder's account of being governor and Christopher Priest's introduction to Child
Script continuation: Wilder and Priest
Script continues Priest's speech, introduces Phillis Wheatley's poetry, and begins Oprah Winfrey's story
Script continuation: Wheatley and Winfrey
Attributes
Subject

Creative Arts, Art, Drama

Grades

Grade 4, 5, 6

Types
File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Rap Opera for Kids!
Rating
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About This Product

This resource is a Reader's Theater Play that your students will enjoy! They will learn about Black History Heroes with this drama and enhance their acting skills.

This resource will include:

  • - NOTES TO THE TEACHER

  • - CAST DESCRIPTIONS

  • - SCRIPT

  • - MAP OF STAGE DIRECTIONS

The Black History Heroes that students will act out:

  1. 1. Katherine Johnson

  2. 2. George Washington Carver

  3. 3. Colin Powell

  4. 4. James Armistead Lafayette

  5. 5. Barack Obama

  6. 6. Douglas Wilder

  7. 7. Christopher Priest

  8. 8. Phillis Wheatley

  9. 9. Oprah Winfrey

  10. 10. Maggie Walker

What's Included

1 PDF with 13 ready to print pages

Resource Tags

readers theater Black history drama play readers theater Black history heroes kids play Black History Month

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