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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. Haiti in the News

Look for stories and articles about Haiti in newspapers, magazines, and on TV. Collect the information and talk about it in the classroom. Does Haiti get good or bad publicity?

2. Haiti, the Country

Bring a lot of documentation about Haiti to the classroom. Divide the class into five groups and give each group a topic. Have each group prepare a presentation about parts of Haitian life. The topics are: culture, politics, food...
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