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Checkmate: The Play's The Thing

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Students 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.  Students write a play set in the era and act it out in front of their classmates.

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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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