Swashbuckling Social Studies: Drama Activities and Creative Writing to Make Social Studies Come Alive: American History

Swashbuckling Social Studies is jam-packed with monologues, skits, songs, and creative writing projects that allow young scholars to put words into the mouths of social studies topics. These fresh, fun twists on social studies will have your students begging for history class! And you'll say yes, because these research-based activities promote literacy, build research skills, allow students to engage in public speaking, encourage social studies content knowledge, and make history come alive. This is readers' theater at its absolute best. For grades 4-8.