Students identify themes in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet by analyzing the film or text. In this tolerance activity, students create their own Elizabethan era terms related to interacting with different social groups. In groups,...

Students research a human aspect of the Civil War and prepare a written report, skit, project board, or computer slide-show about their findings. They focus on how the war affected families who had members on opposing sides of the conflict.

Fifth graders explore both the causes of and the actual events of the Civil War. They write essays and descriptive paragraphs and explore a variety of websites. They create a series of skits highlighting the key points of the Civil War era.

Young scholars examine the roots and resolutions of past personal conflicts in Macedonia. Students develop skits that reflect some of the central themes and issues involved in the Macedonian-ethnic Albanian conflict. They perform skits...

A lesson turns young historians into playwrights to understand and speak out against social injustice. Pupils work individually or in groups to write and perform monologues that deliver personal messages on social justice. Writers then...