Kate Brennan’s site is a doorway into a potentially very effective way of learning – scripted drama.

www.actthefacts.com

Forget the boredom of a class sitting round, not really listening as others stumble listlessly through a tedious script. This is lively, humorous drama with a strong commitment to improving students’ understanding of how History is studied, not just the facts, though they’re there aplenty. There’s also important explanations of why such methods help students learn – not a million miles away from the rationale for much of the material on Thinkinghistory. The drawback is that the cost of the scripts looks high but in a department staffed by like-minded convinced teachers and with students who benefit from getting out of their seats and becoming involved and who therefore learn more and improve their results then the costs may not seem so high.