Explore this Modern Era Idioms Reader’s Theater script and analyze the surprising history of idioms through a school journalism club’s investigation of a cafeteria prank involving green slime! From 19th-century battlefields to 21st-century TikTok trends, students will uncover the origins of phrases like “bite the bullet,” “spill the beans,” “kick the bucket,” and “caught red-handed,” while discovering modern idioms like “spilling the tea” and “ghosting.” Students will perform dramatic moments: