"A Problem From Hell:" America and the Age of Genocide | 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. Screenplay

Write a screenplay for a movie based on A Problem from Hell. Who would you cast in the lead roles and why?

2. Video Game

Develop a proposal for a video game that is centered around a "what if" scenario in which the Dutch peacekeepers at Srebrenica are able to repel Mladic's forces.

3. Film poster

Design and produce a poster for a film version of A Problem from Hell.

4. In Memoriam

Design and create a model of a monument...
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