The Ancient Child | 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. Draw Native American dolls

The Kiowa doll and the Navajo doll that Grey describes seemed to her to represent important aspects of her own personality. Using her description, draw each of these dolls.

2. Represent Tsoai in art

Find the Devil's Tower on the Internet, and draw, paint, or sculpt it.

3. Put together a genealogical chart

Make family trees for Grey and for Set. Include as many family members as you know as far back as you can find...
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