Little Green Army Men
Toy soldiers have been around a long time. I'm guessing as long as there have been soldiers, there have been toy figures representing them. At least as far back as the Roman Empire, the Greeks, the Egyptians...heck, a Chinese emperor had an entire terra cotta army built and buried for him. That guys likes his toys as much as I do! In any case, they've been around. They hit new heights as metal figures (pewter, lead, and tin, so don't chew on them, kids) in the nineteenth century, before becoming part of modern warfare in 1938, and transitioning to the plastic "Little Green Army Men" we know in the 1950s.

Fifteen quick ideas:
- Math problems, especially for younger grades
- Patterns
- Demographic charts (each figure represents X number of people)
- Stop motion animation
- Recreate a setting from a novel
- Build and populate a community
- Storytelling of an individual vs a group (are we telling the story of a stereotype or an invididual?)
- Recreating tableaux from famous paintings
- Design their own "Little Green Army Man/Woman" representing someone not included in the classic poses
- Stage dioramas of non-military events (I try not say "duh," but...duh)
- Recreate famous war photos and paintings
- Stage dioramas of non-military events
- Stage dioramas of military personnel helping a community
- Classroom debate: do Little Green Army Men best represent the values of our nation? Your home state? Your community?
- If not, have students design toys that they feel are a better representation of their lives in 2016. (so many little figures taking selfies...)
Alternatives to Little Green Army Men
When it comes down to it, I'm kind of a hippie. But a really lazy one. So I'm not going to protest or anything, but sometimes the imagery of war gets to be too much. And I'm saying that as a history teachers, who often tentpoles his curriculum around wars. But there are times I don't want to use Little Green Army Men. Maybe I have kids who are agitated by war and guns. Maybe my administration doesn't want me bringing tiny toy guns to school. The great news is, there are a lot of alternatives out there.
The "Dollar Spot" near the front of Target stores often has bagged plastic figures for a dollar. They're not army guys, they're red and blue and green superheroes, and pink and purple and teal princesses and fairies, and ninjas--you get more variety than your standard army guys.

There are the classic dinosaurs, jungle, and farm animals. I love mixing in dinosaurs with any curriculum, honestly. If they're making a little diorama of the Constitutional Convention, and they throw in a T-Rex as Benjamin Franklin? That's an A+++++ my friend. I mean, he was the oldest member of the convention -- a dinosaur might not be too far off.

For more ideas on using toys in the classroom, check out Play Like a Pirate: Engage Students with Toys, Games, and Comics -- available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
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