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Checkmate: The Play's The Thing Lesson PlanCheckmate: The Play's The Thing Lesson Plan
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Learners investigate the Middle Ages and it's relation to the theater.  In this acting lesson, students read Arthurian stories form the Middle Ages and practice using vocabulary words from the Medieval Times.  Learners write a play set in the era and act it out in front of their classmates.

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medieval history

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medieval time vocabulary, middle ages, theatrical lesson, english language arts
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Grade
2nd - 6th
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English Language Arts
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3 hrs
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