Kris Brammer’s yearly board game project at Old Hammondtown School is the stuff of history.

Each fall for 27 years, the fifth grade teacher has encouraged kids to examine the lives of some of America’s most famous ancestors by creating their own interactive games.

“It’s a great way for them to learn about different people in a different way,” said Brammer, who began the projects her first year teaching.

Learning about the likes of Paul Revere, Abigail Adams and John Hancock through games is memorable for each student.

“I’ve stuck with it all these years because of all the positive feedback,” Brammer said.

It’s not unusual for former students to visit Brammer on their college vacations and bring up the board games, which they have kept all these years.

“It makes me feel good to know that they loved it that much,” Brammer said.

Over the years, the projects have changed as kids embraced technology and took cues from former fifth graders.

Ava Russell had the example of several older siblings’ projects when she set down to do her own – a game based on John Adams.

Russell said she enjoyed learning about this Founding Father, and she appreciated his moral character.

“He believed everyone is innocent until proven guilty,” she said.

Russell’s game included rewards for landing on squares with milestones in Adams’ life, such as getting into Harvard or getting married – “Move ahead four spaces!”

While most students used pizza boxes as the support for their games, no two games were alike.

Kyle McCullough’s game about Benjamin Franklin included cards that were read aloud with his favorite facts on the historic figure.

The best tidbit? “I really like the fact that he wanted the turkey to be the country’s bird,” he said.

Nicole Londergan’s game about James Madison included game pieces made of feathers to look like the quills he used to pen the Constitution.

Sean Davis’s “The George Washington 10 Second Challenge” mixed history and exercise with fun challenges such as doing push ups for 10 seconds along the route to the finish line. He also made the game pieces out of quarters adhered to washers.

James LeClair highlighted Alexander Hamilton’s conflict with Aaron Burr in his game.

The two dueled, resulting in Hamilton’s death, which is featured on one square of LeClair’s game with two miniature pistols pointing at each other.

Needless to say, you don’t want to land on that square.

LeClair didn’t come away with the best impression of his historic figure.

“Eh, he was a little mean,” he said.

Once their projects were completed, the kids got to play them with each other in class.

“It felt nice to share with my classmates and share all the hard work I put into it,” said Russell.

Watching her students play their games together is the best part of the project for Brammer, and as she prepares to retire after this school year, she said the board games have been a great tradition.

“They have fun, laughing and learning at the same time,” she said. “They get so excited about it and that’s the joy.”

See a sampling of the games below.