Inspiration Phase

Making History Fun

The blog link above talks about making history more fun in classrooms with a low budget. It was trying to get the kids into the mindset of adults which is a hard thing to do especially to kids. How do you tell kids to try and imagine the courage and respect you'd have for your country that you'd die for it? Cant see them getting it, but with a few techniques this site says you can get them more in-tuned with the lesson. One simple one was performing a mock mummification on a student. The kids feel or imagine they're actually back in those times. The scene could even be performed dramatically having the kids playing different parts. I liked the idea of having the class play a role, like a game, so that them learning is more so them playing. Id like to have something like this in my own project.