This lesson involves very little prep and is an easy and fun way to help students understand a text from a different perspective. This is based on the Depth and Complexity Icons, but an understanding of these tools is not necessary to teach this short lesson. Students will read a text on the birth of Jesus and then rewrite it based on a different perspective (shepherds, Mary, Joseph, the inn keeper, etc). Made for 5th-6th grade but could be adapted for younger and would even be appropriate for middle school students.