How do I motivate my students to be actively involved in their own learning through genuine interest rather than through obligation? How do I inspire my students to work as a team? Encourage them to create quality writing and creative texts? Internalize and remember the content of my course for years to come? Join Robin Vero and Tom Foreman who have collaboratively created Fact and Fiction- a cross-curricular project-based ELA/History class. The basics and benefits of this approach to designing your class will be discussed.