Title: Famous Americans
Description: Help build students' reading fluency and build awareness of important people in U.S. history through fact-based, original plays about 22 famous Americans. These read-aloud biographical plays provide kids with the repeated practice they need to read with speed, automaticity, and expression-the key elements of fluency. Background information, discussion questions, extension activities, and literature links round out this versatile resource. A great way to connect social studies content with reading.
Subjects: Reading comprehension, Children's plays, American, American Historical drama, Study and teaching, Oral reading, Drama in education, One-act plays, American, Fluency (Language learning), Biography, Plays, Children, juvenile literature, History, ancient, History, ancient, juvenile literature, Biography, juvenile literature
Places: United States