Little Ideas

HISTORY
Add a timeline either as part of the border or mock up a
shelf of books showing their spines as different eras.

Use the vertical edges of the borders to show historical
features such as Roman or Greek Columns, or a pair of Aztec
Warriors flanking either side of the display.

ART
I often use paint splashes either as decoration or to add
comments (as often as I can get away with).

NUMERACY AND LITERACY
When it comes to these two subjects there really is very
little theme to work with. Don't spend hours fretting, they
just aren't aesthetically pleasing subjects as displays go.
Concentrate on adding colour and making them as interactive
as possible adding the interest that way (look at my page on
Interactive Displays for some ideas).

LITERACY
Having said that, Literacy can be great if you are able to
display work based on storytelling, where you can create
interesting characters or settings. Poetry is also a great
source of surreal imagery. Even recognisable Non-Fiction
forms such as newspapers can be replicated on a large scale.
It's that pesky sentence and word level work that can be
difficult to display.