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Differentiated scripts
Choose Levels A, B or C, or use the Mixed Cast version to combine reading demands within one performance.
Founding America · Readers Theater · Grades 4–8
The Boston Massacre
Students don’t just read about the Boston Massacre—they perform it, investigate it and encounter the event through multiple historical perspectives.
Four script versions make it possible to differentiate the reading while keeping the class inside the same historical story.
Levels A · B · CMixed CastGrades 4–8
Digital classroom resource · Ready to print and teach · Available through Teachers Pay Teachers
One event · different entry points
Keep the class together without giving every reader the same text
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Historical inquiry
Historical context and a primary-source spotlight help students move from performance into evidence and interpretation.
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Ready to teach
A teacher guide, lesson plan, student activities, answer keys and assessment rubric support the complete lesson.
Inside the resource
More than a script
Teacher support — Teacher Guide · Lesson Plan · Historical Context · Historical Note for Teachers
Source work — Primary Source Spotlight
Readers Theater — Level A · Level B · Level C · Mixed Cast
Student work — Student Activities · Answer Keys
Assessment & setup — Assessment Rubric · Character Badges · Standards Alignment
Made for
Grades 4–8
American Revolution units, U.S. History, Social Studies and literacy work.
Skills: reading fluency · comprehension · speaking & listening · historical perspective · collaboration · historical thinking
Flexible classroom use
Whole-class performance · small groups · centers · substitute plans · homeschool
Founding America
Drama opens the door. Evidence keeps the history rigorous.
The performance gives students voices and viewpoints to work with; the supporting material then turns those perspectives into questions about evidence, interpretation and consequence.
Ready for the classroom
Teach the Boston Massacre through performance and inquiry
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