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Making History Lessons Engaging: Fully Developed Ideas for Dramatic Play on Central Curriculum Topics

Living History in Your Classroom

Many students find history dry and abstract, making it difficult for them to develop interest and motivation for the subject. This doesn’t have to be the case! Let your students experience history through dramatic play! This way, they become part of the action and must actively engage with the themes.

Problem-Oriented History Teaching

By incorporating dramatic play, problem orientation and action orientation in history lessons can be achieved effortlessly. Students actively experience history and can visualize events. To support this, you will receive 20 fully developed ideas for your history lessons.

Quick Implementation in History

Each idea for dramatic play is clearly explained step by step and presented with all the essential information, such as grade level, required time, and necessary materials. This allows for a quick selection of the appropriate play for one to two class periods.

The volume includes:

• A brief theoretical introduction to dramatic play in history teaching
• 20 fully developed play ideas on central curriculum topics for grades 5-10
• A detailed implementation description for each play, along with all necessary materials in the form of handouts
• A tabular collection of additional play ideas.