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I think a great way to make history come alive is to create a living wax museum. I can remember doing this in Elementary school. I was Clark from Lewis and Clark. This experience has stuck with me because it made me get into the mind of the person. So in my classroom, my students will pick a person(s) to dress up with alone or with a partner. If a group found a group of people to dress as, then a group can do it together. Like said before, I think this allows students to get to know their person

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Making history come alive in our classrooms: Chelsi Pankey

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Making history come alive in our classrooms: Chelsi Pankey

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I think a great way to promote history coming alive is to create a time warp throughout the classroom bringing students into the experience. Having the students enter the classroom and having posters, decorations, and videos that will bring them into a place of time they will never forget. Engaging students like this I think will help them remember more of the material than they may think.

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I think reenactments are a great way for students to learn about the history of how it was in the past. Teacher would create a list of people for the students to choose from and then they would have to dress up and talk about the person they chose. The teacher could give specific points that the students have to research such as their major accomplishes or inventions.

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I think that a really fun way to get the kids interacted and interested is to have them dress up as the person they found the most interesting during the unit. They would come to class dressed like them and play the role of that person and tell the class what they did that is now a part of history. The student will have to bring in props and such to show what that person was really all about and then students can ask questions.

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A great way to make history come alive would be to assign each student a historical figure (for example: signers of the Declaration of Independence) and create a portrait of that person with the face cut out. They would they research their person and just like a living museum, the students would place their face into hole, and whenever someone walks by and presses the button, they would speak about themselves and how they contributed to the Declaration of Independence. This would given students the opportunity to create a fun art project, as well as learn about an important historical figure.

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I think a great way to make history come alive would be to create an interactive timeline that wraps the room.  As the year progresses, we will learn historical events, and then paste them on the wall.  This will help students gain a conceptual understanding of history, as it progressed throughout the world concurrently.  As well, students will choose to a few historical events to study throughout the year, and those will be added to the timeline.
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I think a great way to create a meaningful connection to history is to have a real lie "Wax Museum". Students will pick one person to research and learn about (with teacher approval). Students will then come dressed up as them one day and act as if they are that person, answering questions and telling all about "themselves". Parents and other classes can come visit the "museum" and learn about each figure. This would allow students to learn a lot about a historical figure and teach others about them also.

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Using Storyboard That to Make History Come Alive: Sarah Miller

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Using Storyboard That to Make History Come Alive: Sarah Miller

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When doing some research online, I found a great resource called Storyboard That. The students are able to use this tool to digitally tell a story using different layouts. This can be done on a laptop or computer. What is even cooler, and I think much more appropriate for an elementary classroom, is that you can also project this onto a whiteboard and allow the students to come up and interact with it. Here is a link to this great tool that can help make history come alive in the classroom: http://www.storyboardthat.com/

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I think a great way to make history come alive is through a museum exhibit/"walk". Students can use their imagination to create an exhibit to display a history topic based on the teachers theme. For example, the theme maybe 1920s. The student may dress up as an important figure from that era, or bring in an artifact representing that era, or even create an art piece symbolic for that time era.

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I think an awesome way to make history come alive would be to have students create a diary as if they were someone from history. When I was younger I made a diary as if I were Anne Frank and I ended up learning so much about her and the holocaust that I wouldn't have without that project. Students would choose someone who is involved in some historical event and the diaries would give them the opportunity to tell the event through the eyes of the historical person.

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I discussed this earlier in my exploration activity, I would make history come alive through the use of different writing instruments. As we discuss different periods in time, we could try a day writing with the writing instruments they would have used. Imagine learning about the ancient Egyptians and having to take notes with a reed brushes? This could be a small way to transport the students back in time through the use of experiencing a part of the way they lived.

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I think that a great way to let history come alive is to let the students choose a famous historical person that we have learned about throughout the chapter or year and have them come dressed up as them. They would do a museum walk where they would have to talk in first person as if they were their famous person. The students would also create a poster board of what they learned about their character. To make sure all of the students learn facts about each character they would write down one interesting fact that they learned at each students presentation.

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History of Transportation - Eric McFerin

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History of Transportation - Eric McFerin

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I would have the students create and examine different types of transportation and why do they come about. I would set up different situations within the classroom and have them select transportation that would be useful for this environment. Also I would challenge them to create a new type of transportation for the future.

History of Transportation:
http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/397865/animated-history-transportation/

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A way I would have history come alive for my students would be to assign them a period or type of art and have them either recreate a piece that symbolizes the time period they've been assigned or create their own original piece in a similar style. Students would then need to present the piece to the rest of the class and discuss the characteristics of that style of painting; baroque, abstract, classical. This would make each student or small group of students responsible for becoming the expert on a certain time of history. Making the students the educators.

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I think a great way for history to come alive in the classroom would be to have your students pick a famous person from history and allow the students to dress up like them for a day. They must do research on what they did and what made them important. In class the students will then go around and talk to one another like the historical figure that they dressed up as. They must be able to recall information on their historical figure and talk as if they were actually them. It will allow students to learn about new historical figures that they may have never known about.

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History Modern Remake- Melody Pendlebury

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History Modern Remake- Melody Pendlebury

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I think a good way to make history come alive for students would be to have them pick a historical story, such as Pocahontas, but to re-enact it as if it happened today. I would use the example of Westside Story. This would make the students understand the story better because they could relate to it better.

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In order to make history come alive, you could have your students write a newspaper article covering an event from the period of time you are studying. The teacher would want to introduce a topic or even read a story pertaining to a historical event before giving students the opportunity to get creative with their articles.

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To make history come alive in the classroom, students can do research on historical figures and make them 'Instagram' worthy with photo and a caption. As well as common hashtags used on instagram today (i.e. #FBF, #WCW, #MCM, #TBT). Their instagram would tell information about that historical figure, but said in present day terms as if that person is posting it about themselves today. Their posters can be on an "Instagram Profile" board where students can check out their classrooms feed during the term.

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I think it would be a great experience for students to recreate historical events in the classroom. they could spend a day, or an hour acting as nomadic people, or recreate the first thanksgiving day meal. this would not only assess their understanding of the topic but it would allow the students to more closely understand the event and have fun while doing it

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One activity I remember from elementary school was one 5th grade class dressed up as different important figures from history. My class (which was like 3rd or 4th grade) at the time was able to visit their classroom and talk with the different students. We were encouraged to ask them different questions about their lives and they had to answer it based off who they were dressed up as. It was super fun and interactive for the whole school.

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I think a fun and memorable way to teach history is to have students pick a person, maybe from a select list that you create, and then research that person to teach the other students. I remember doing this in 4th grade and loving it. I choose Johnny Depp and we got to dress up like our person and describe how they lived and basically be that person for a little while. I think students will really remember this activity because they are literally becoming that person for a day. I know I remember my project!

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One way to make history come alive is by giving your students legos and having them reenact a battle they are studying at the time. The students have the opportunity to act out a battle and demonstrate their understanding of the concept, while grabbing their attention and allowing them to have fun doing so. I borrowed this idea from:
http://www.homegrownlearners.com/home/2013/11/18/learning-classical-conversations-history-sentences-with-lego.html

Look here and explore for more details on this project and how to implement it in your classroom.

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I think the best way students could learn about an event would be for them to speak with someone who has lived through that event. Of course, this will not be possible for a lot of history that students learn, but it should definitely play a role in the classroom whenever it is possible. Reading a textbook is one thing, but really getting to ask someone questions and gain first-hand knowledge about a subject or event is much more interesting. Also, it is more likely that students will retain information if they find it interesting.

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Walking a Mile (Or a few) in Another's Shoes: Leah McClain

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Walking a Mile (Or a few) in Another's Shoes: Leah McClain

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Students can get an idea of the struggles and experiences of those that came before us by "walking a mile in their shoes." For example, when discussing the expansion of our country the students can partake in covered wagon activities that include making a pioneer trail meal and building their own covered wagon model. These activities along with videos and pictures will help students understand the immense amount of effort it took the pioneers to traverse from one coast to the other during the 1800s.

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One way to make history come alive is by letting the students act as if they were in that time with hands on experiences. They students can have the opportunity to dress up if they like or if they do not what to thats fine as well. Mainly, I want to students to embody themselves as if they were in that time. Such as, if they were learning about colonial america, the students could make butter out of nothing, dip their own candles and play online games to act as if they were in that time.

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Writing letters to the past: Tiffanie Tudor

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Writing letters to the past: Tiffanie Tudor

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I found a fun idea online that has students write letters 'from the past.' Students are given a certain time frame or era that they are learning about and they will have to write a creative letter to one of their friends in that same time frame.

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A great idea that I always loved as a kid was reenactments. It allowed me as a student to learn about a topic or person in a very out-of-the box way and show off what I learned to my fellow peers. This would involve teaching students about a time period, allowing them to pick either a specific event or historical figure to research, write about, maybe even make a poem or skit about and then teaching their fellow peers using the information they gathered. At my school, some of us dressed up, used funny voices, made tri-boards, made PowerPoints or even made videos to help show our understanding as well as teach our fellow classmates.

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To make history come alive, students can teach each other. Classroom museums allow students to research a variety of historical topics and create a presentation about them. Students collaborate to become masters of particular historical topics and create displays of that topic. Once the students have created their displays, the classes can walk through the museums and be taught history by fellow classmates. This also heavily integrates the arts.

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One way to make history come alive is by literally making it come alive. When we do lessons on topics such as major wars or events, a great way to make the history come alive to make the students act what happened out themselves. An example would be, reenacting the fist Thanksgiving. Some students will dress as pilgrims, the others as native americans. They can bring in food for their character and they can reenact what happened on that day. We will do an overview about that day and what occurred before the reenactment so the students can understand their roles.

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One way to make history come alive is hands on learning projects. For example, if you are teaching about Ancient Egypt, you can have students build a pyramid with marshmallows or sugar cubes. It would be a great way to show how a pyramid is made. Hands on learning is real life way to show how history can come alive.

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One way to make history come alive in the classroom is to have students write letters and collect items to be put inside time capsule. The students will then wait and after 3 or 4 years the teacher can dig up the time capsule and give them all the notes and or items. My high school teacher did this my 9th grade year and I was able to see all the changes from 9th grade until 12th grade. This could allow the students to reflect on the changes in life and how they compare and contrast to them today.

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Writing letters "to the future": Hillary Pearson

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Writing letters "to the future": Hillary Pearson

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One way to make history come alive in the classroom is to have students write letters to the future. The students will put themselves in the shoes of a child in the past and write a letter to the future about what life was like back then. This allows the students an opportunity to reflect on how life was in a particular time period and compare and contrast it to life now.

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History Comes Alive- Writing through speeches: Lindsey Coppola

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History Comes Alive- Writing through speeches: Lindsey Coppola

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A great way for history to come alive is for students to reenact speeches made through history. Another way for history to come alive could be students writing speeches that are their reactions to the famous speeches. This could be incorporated through the "Tweet" method that we used in class; this could be student's reaction to events in history. This allows for relevancy to the students and allows for them to respond through writing.

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I think a great way for making history come alive in the classroom would be to invite guest speakers to come in and speak to the students about their story. A guest speaker could be invited in whenever a new major unit is introduced to combine the history the students will learn to a real-life example. This will engage students and make them more interested in the history.

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On-Site/Virtual Field Trips: Jacquelyn Fleming

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On-Site/Virtual Field Trips: Jacquelyn Fleming

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An idea for making history come alive in the classroom is taking the students on on-site or virtual field trips to different destinations that correspond to the topic being taught. If it is not possible for the teacher to take the students on an actual field trip outside of the classroom, then they can go on a virtual one in the classroom through the use of videos, online museums, etc.

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Exploring history outside the classroom: Gabriella Pio

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Exploring history outside the classroom: Gabriella Pio

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A great way to make history come alive in the classroom is to have students do a "Living Museum". This activity requires students to pick from a list of important people who they will dress up like and research their biographies. This could be done with people from a certain era that they are studying in class (ex, Egyptians, Aztec) or categories of people (ex, inventors, writers, famous painters).

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A creative way to make history come alive in your classroom is by encouraging students to create their own colony. In my 5th grade field 2 classroom, my students are in the beginning stages of this project. They chose the environment for their colony as well as the colony's name and the reasoning for the name. My directing teacher has set the project up so they work on it a little bit each week. They are looking forward to expanding on their colonies!

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One way to make history come alive in your classroom is through art projects. Art projects allow students to be creative as well as demonstrate their knowledge about a certain topic. For example, I had to create/build my own castle in 3rd grade after learning about the Medieval Ages. The castle had to have certain features such as moat.

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A creative way to make history come alive in your classroom is through a lap book. A lap book is a file folder, laid out in a creative manner and allows children to be as creative as they want as they add pictures, magazine texts, or coloring. Lap book examples include the history of the Wright Brothers, Exploring American Indians, and Wars of America.

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I think a great idea for making history come alive in the classroom is giving the students the chance to act out a story or event in history. You can either make it a whole class project or one that is in small groups and share with other classes to teacher them about the history learned.