Have students create a business card for themselves from a certain time period. Students make invitations encouraging people to join in a protest or historical event. Then stage a play of the event. Have the student write the scripts as well. Then use them sparingly to help students understand the idea of rations.
Students write articles and feature stories to make a newspaper from a historical event or place.
Students use what they know about tall tales to create a legend about a historical landmark to explain how it got its name. Make a travel guide for an area of the world, country or state. Include things like supplies needed, perils, benefits, an advertisement for certain areas, etc. Students research and report on one of the many ways people traveled during a historical period. Gather these together to make one stack as a class report.