Welcome!!!

Well, hello there! Welcome to my new blog : 'Marrying Drama & History'

        My name is Ms. J Lewis and this fall I will be entering my 7th year of teaching of Social Studies to middle school students! Yikes!!! It doesn't feel as if that much time has passed since I started and yet here I am :) .

        In addition to teaching, my other great love is acting. I always believed that using drama in a classroom setting could potentially bring great benefits to student learning. It wasn't until my third year of a teaching that I was inspired to take a risk and begin using dramatic role plays on a semi-regular basis in the classroom. Since that time, I have sought ways to use drama to increase student engagement and to enhance student learning. I'd like to think that over the years as I see what works and what doesn't, that I'm fine tuning the process and coming up up with a way to reach my students that is uniquely mine :) . 

      Through this blog I hope to connect with other like minded individuals, share resources, glean ideas through comments and also share my trials and triumphs of using drama in the classroom. 

Keep watch for more to come!