Act and Prop

I absolutely love dressing up and having props here and there! So if you're teaching colonial America, (and this works for many various lessons!!), have your students dress up as that person...
        ....act out something possibly....
             ......and have some props that they bring in or even make to go along with their character!!!

Not only is it fun, but it gets them to really experience what it was like to live in in the colonial times (or whatever lesson you happen to be teaching)!!