I find that wearing costumes adds an extra dimension to a lesson. It is the ultimate in "interactive history". This is, in part, what I have begun to call "edutainment". We have to be able to hold the interest of the students somehow, long enough to teach them some skills and content. I have five costumes this year, up from three last year. I have added the Salem trial judge and I am currently constructing a costume that I will try to use to portray none other than Henry Clay or maybe Calhoun. I haven't decided which one I look more like. Neither one is too flattering. Well, "judge" for yourself about my first new costume. The book is a recommendation from my wife who has read much more extensively on Salem than I have.
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