All fifth grade teachers simultaneously read a (fake) letter from the PTA describing changes. These involve no more field trips, only veggie sticks served as smart snacks, students needing to help clean bathrooms, and Halloween and Valentine's parties having to take place only during recess. Teachers allowed their classes to think of ways to express their feelings about these changes, which included ideas such as a riot, petitions, posters, wearing certain colors to school the next day, and writing letters. This experience helped our fifth graders to understand how the colonists felt under British rule in the 1700's following the French and Indian War.