Increase student fluency, comprehension, and content-area literacy with these engaging scripts that explore topics in American history. Each Reader's Theater script features character roles that are written at different reading levels so that students at all levels can feel confident and participate. A list of tips for performing Reader's Theater helps students develop good stage presence, interact cooperatively with peers, and speak with feeling and meaning. With full-color illustrations, a glossary, a song, and a poem, this 6-book set will engage students in learning. Titles include: Lewis and Clark; The Sojourner Truth Story; Reconstruction After the Civil War; Narcissa Whitman and the Westward Movement; Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce; Causes of the Civil War.