This vibrant Readers Theater script for Grades 3–5 brings the Hindu Festival of Lights, Diwali, to life, immersing students in its cultural and historical significance. Through a 2025 classroom setting and vivid flashbacks to ancient India, students explore Diwali’s themes of good triumphing over evil, community, and renewal. From lighting diyas to creating rangoli, students learn how Diwali unites people worldwide, fostering social studies connections to global traditions and values of kindness