It's All about Motivation
One night, I couldn't go to bed because I was thinking about how I'm going to teach the charecteristics of each god and godess in the Greek and Roman mythology. At the end of the seconed term, students are usually unwilling to memorize any extra piece of information.
"It's all about motivation," I though. When we were done with that lesson, students could remember a large number of those gods and godesses. But how?

I asked them to prepare for a costume Party where everyone is supposed to memorize his part and how he/she relates to other gods and godesses and to improvise something during the party. Just, have a look at the following results: