Reenacting Histoy

Plummer, S. (April 16, 2012). 96-year-old tells folks how it was. The Register-Herald.com

Rhinehart Neas, L. (2011) Making history come alive with roles and reenactment. Bright Hub Education

Summary: Theses two articles talk about how history teachers can make class more fun by having the students reenact the different wars, or time periods. Students could also pick a historical person or go to a museum and hear about the different time periods.

            This article was very easy to read and kept my interest the whole time. I was able to picture different historical museums that I have been to or places that I have gone that caused me to be able to remember the history better. I am a visual learner, so if I am able to picture something, I will be able to remember it well. I think that reenactments are an awesome way for history teachers to teach information. This helps the information stay with the students for a long time rather than just studying for a test and then the information being lost. If you ask most adults history questions, they would not be able to answer very many of the answers. But I feel that if you had the students reenact an event or go to a museum they would remember it long after high school. I know for me, I can still remember the things that I learned from museums historical sites because it was interesting and it became personal to me.  A way that I could do this in my classroom is by taking my students to different job sites and having each of them explain how they use math in their job every day. The students could see the steps that the employee would have to preform and they might even be able to follow along or try it out. This would help the students see the importance of mathematics and would motivate them in their studies.