Read a chapter from the novel The Eighties: A Bitchen Time to Be a Teenager! Take turns explaining difficult words, and write a short summary of the chapter.

Read a chapter from The Eighties: A Bitchen Time to Be a Teenager! Find all the things mentioned in the text which signify that the book takes place in the '80s.

Read a chapter from The Eighties: A Bitchen Time to Be a Teenager! and talk about the use of slang in the text.

Create a new music video for the '80s hit 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' by Cyndi Lauper.

Rewrite the song 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' so it is titled 'Kids Just Want to Have Fun' or something similar.

Watch a video about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Talk about how you think the Berliners experienced this extraordinary day, and write a diary entry about it.

Read an article about people who have AIDS or who know people with AIDS. Write a letter to one of the loved ones.

Try to write a poem with the same title as the song 'One Song Glory'. Read the poem aloud in teams of two. Give each other feedback and make adjustments to the poem.