Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris | 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. Colonial America

Research an aspect of Colonial America and write a one-page paper on your topic.

2. 1920s Fashion

Choose a fashion from the 1920s, and create a presentation about the significance of the fashion. Present your findings to the class, in the fashion style you chose.

3. Prohibition

What is Prohibition? Why did it begin? When and why did it end? How did it affect the tobacco industry?

4. 1930s

Choose something of significance from the 1930s, and create a five-minute...
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