The Bacchae | 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. Act out a scene

Act out one of the scenes, or the whole play, for an audience.

2. Crossword

Create a crossword based on the play. Use lines, characters, and events as the clues for the puzzle.

3. Be the designer

Be the set and costume designer for the play. Create the sets and costumes on paper, and explain why you made the design choices you did.

4. Modern music

Take one of the Chorus's songs and remake it into modern music...
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