A Bend in the River | Activities :&: Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Make Masks

Using colored paper and pictures of African masks you can find on the Internet or in the library, create model African masks and use them as decorations on the classroom walls.

2. Listen to Joan Baez

Find recordings of some of Joan Baez songs during the 1960s and listen to them in class. Then discuss them as tunes used for dancing at Yvette's party.

3. Watch a Movie about Africa

The academy award winning movie, Out of Africa, has...
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