Black History Skits for Elementary Students
Here’s why you need to use Black history skits with elementary students!
Ever struggled to get your students to read with expression? I couldn’t help but cringe as my student read a script with as much character and feeling as office furniture.
We were working on a Black History Month play, and some students just couldn’t manage to deliver their lines with emotion. Have you been there? I’m still there, but with the Heroes in Action play, a whole lot of progress is being made with this high-excitement reader’s theater script!
With real-life action heroes like revolutionary war spy James Armistead Lafayette and stunt pilot Bessie Coleman featured in the play, students are sure to be reading with expression just to capture the excitement that the variety of historical heroes bring to the script!
So what if a spy, stunt pilot, magician, and a U.S. Marshal all walked into your school one day? Get the reader’s theater play “Black History: Heroes in Action!” here and prepare to find out with your students! Check out a preview for it below!
If you want to get even more value, get our Black history skits for elementary students bundle by clicking here! You’ll get five plays for the price of just four! Use one script for a school assembly, the other for a youth program, a summer camp, or just be ready all year for a theater performance!
These skits can are great for upper elementary and middle school, and students really get into their roles!
Reader’s theater = better reading comprehension!
There is no better way to teach students critical reading skills than with reader’s theater. As they perform and learn about the various historical heroes, students will improve their skills by:
– connecting with the text,
– learning new vocabulary words,
– practicing phonics and phonological awareness,
– and comprehending what the text is saying and its deeper meanings.
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Happy teaching!