Get the template for students here

It's helpful to have students work in pairs the first time they do this lesson. Choose your topic (and, optionally, a list of important facts to include), and then give students time to brainstorm ways to use the information in a story with multiple potential outcomes. They should work on the graphic organizer first (here's a completed example), get their planning approved, and then move on to the actual storytelling. Adding graphics can come last. 

You can find the lesson plan, with instructional videos, here.

You can find the template here.

Love the idea of interdisciplinary learning but not sure how to start? This website is a handy guide with multiple interdisciplinary learning models (including lesson plans and students templates), such as: Case Studies, Design Thinking, Field Research, Service-Learning, Simulations/Role-Plays, and more!

Instead of "brain dumps" for test prep, use Learning Scenes! You can either give students a list of important topics for a lesson or unit, or have them come up with their own (recommended for maximum cognitive engagement). Then comes the fun! Students consider a scene from real life in which they would use the topic they're studying, and then they create a sketch with items that represent the important concepts. Before an assessment, students can then draw their pre-designed sketch and recall the important facts. BONUS: They'll actually remember the information long after the assessment. (Which is really the point, right?)

The video to the left explains how to create a Learning Scene.

These directions can be used by teachers to create a virtual escape room for students...or for older students to create their own virtual escape room on a specific topic.