This article describes a class room activity introduced at Unionville High School in Kennett Square, PA. Humanities teacher Daniel Lipowitz partnered with engineering teacher Michael Berkeihiser and other STEM teachers to put the humanities (H) in "SHTEM." Sophomore English students were asked to re-engineer the conflict in common works of literature and then design a prototype solution to their new conflicts. While analysis and interpretation are vital skills for all levels and grades, the task facing the tenth graders was to discuss literature from a different perspective, shifting the more students' approach upward on the critical-thinking hierarchy from analysis and interpretation to synthesis and evaluation. With the STEM tide rolling across the educational seascape, the students' objective was to offer a blend--a "SHTEM"--a concoction of STEM with just the right mix of Humanities, differentiated instruction, and critical thinking.