Have you ever found dressing up from another decade to be a fun activity? I don't know too many children who don't enjoy dressing up, so why not incorporate it into your classroom activities. Students can gather clothes from home, or it can be a project that you plan over the summer hitting up Goodwill 50% off Saturdays.
Our class was split into five different groups and each group got to choose a decade. We gathered memorabilia from that time period, put together a poster board, and composed a powerpoint to present to whoever passed through our local lounge. Each group dressed like they were from their decade, and tried to incorporate proper body language and popular words associated with that time period as well. What a great way for us to learn about history!? History is so often made boring in the classrooms, and we wonder why kids have no desire to pay attention to it. We know that history repeats itself and the past 5 years, here in America we have been experiencing this first hand. If history is made fun and students get to learn about the exciting parts of it, as well as the factual necessity, they will leave with a better understanding of the content.
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