Barchester Towers | 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. Sermon Review

Pretend you attended Mr. Slope's sermon and write a review of it for the local paper. Feel free to use a rating system, like four stars, and explain why you feel the way you do.

2. Political Cartoons

Draw a political cartoon based on the happenings of "Barchester Towers". Your cartoon should relate to the political or religious "hot topics" of the novel.

3. Collage

Create a collage that represents one of the themes of this novel. ...
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