About Face 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. Journalist

Students should imagine that they are living in the time of David Hackworth and write an article on an event that happened during his lifetime, such as the Vietnam War or the Korean War. Students should share the article with the class.

2. Time Line

Create a time line that traces the events in David Hackworth's life as described in "About Face". Students should create a master time line to put on display in the classroom.

3. Crossword Puzzle

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