Brick Lane | 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. Maps

Since the book takes place in London and there is so much reference to Pakistan and Bangladesh, obtain maps of these places so students can identify the various locations.

2. Room Decoration

This book is about the Bangladesh culture. Have the students decorate the room with a Bangladeshi theme while they are studying the book.

3. Pictures of Clothing

Different items of clothing are mentioned throughout the book: saris, panjabi pajamas, skullcaps, kameer, bourkas, kurta, etc. Have the students...
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