American Heroes Guided Reading Scripts

American Heroes Guided Reading Scripts
This set of 5 plays (6 speakers each) and 5 quizzes dips into the lives of 30 American heroes and heroines - from the American War of Independence, Underground Railway, world of science, different walks of life such as entertainment and including children, and great Native Americans - all of whom strove against massive odds, and came out on top - an inspiration to us all.
• Heroes of the American War of Independence
Speakers:
George Washington Samuel Adams John Adams
Thomas Paine Benjamin Franklin Paul Revere
• Heroes of the Underground Railroad
Speakers:
Ex-Slaves: Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas and Josiah Henson
White Abolitionists: Laura Haviland, Levi Coffin and Thomas Garret
• Native American Heroes
Speakers:
Sitting Bull (Sioux leader) Geronimo (Apache warrior) Chief Joseph (Nez Perce leader)
Tecumseh (Shawnee leader) Pocahontas (daughter of Chief Powhatan)
Sacagawea (‘guide' on Lewis & Clark's trans-continent expedition)
• Heroes in Science
Speakers:
Neil Armstrong (astronaut: first man to walk on the moon)
Christa McAuliffe (teacher and astronaut)
Albert Einstein (one of the world's greatest ever geniuses)
Jonas Salk (developed Polio vaccine)
Mary Edwards Walker (first female surgeon in U.S. army)
Rachel Carson (great environmentalist)
• Heroes from Different Walks of Life: Adults from the World of Entertainment - Children - and a Folk Legend
Speakers
Jackie Robinson (Baseball)
Steven Spielberg (Movies)
Elvis Presley (Music)
Mattie Stepanek (Child poet)
Samantha Smith (Child peacemaker)
John Chapman (Folk legend)
Sample Text
Play 1 Heroes of the American War of Independence
Paine: But what always struck me about this learned gentleman - right from the very first time I met him in England - was his tremendous sense of humor!
Revere: Here! Here! I remember telling the missus, after she'd invited some friends to stay "Fish and visitors smell after three days"! And because these were Franklin's words, she threw them out the next day!