Skits bring historical figures to life at junior high school

From: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) | Date: April 14, 2005 | Copyright information

Portland Press Herald (Maine)
04-14-2005
Skits bring historical figures to life at junior high school
Edition: York
Section: Your Neighbors
Column: Schools & Families

WELLS --

Wells Junior High School social studies teacher Bonnie Dill dressed as inventor Alexander Graham Bell at the start of the school's annual two-month research project, "Engines of Change."

Dill donned the costume as part of a series of skit dramatizations, acted out to help students select from an assortment of topics that deal with the causes and effects of significant changes throughout American History. She ...

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