We have been "fighting" the Revolutionary War in my classroom the last month. The students were evenly divided into the British and the Patriots. They chose their leaders (King George and George Washington) and we moved the desks so each group was on a different side of the room. The kids hung flags from the ceiling marking their side.
As we read about each battle that occurred in the war, we had a mini battle in our classroom. These battles included relay races and crazy challenges that had the class competing against each other. The final battle (the Battle of Yorktown) was a heated kickball game. I had to keep reminding the class that this wasn't a real war and we still needed to be kind and respectful of the other side. (Some of the kids took it a little too seriously.)
After the scores were tallied from all the battles, the Patriots came out on top - just like in the real war!
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