The Week Ahead.

Ok so i am going to teach a bunch of 8th grade kids about the history of India.I can totally imagine the kids dozing of to sleep or raising their eyebrows at everything i state.How do i make it interesting?It's history and history has a history of being very boring.Now, i never detested history.I always thought it was interesting but the teachers made it a tad bit boring.But now i know how it feels.History is a vast subject and maybe it can be made fun by using some colourful slides(trying hard to make my First War of Independance slide as interesting as possible!) or using your own way of explaining the stories of the great leaders.I am dreading this week.They might hate it or love it.I am aiming for the latter.