Crossing the River | 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. Be the Voice of Africa

The Voice of Africa opens and closes the book, Crossing the River, by Caryl Phillips. Write a 2-3 paragraph paper, pretending that you are the Voice of Africa, relating to the current issues that African-Americans and other minorities face today.

2. Eulogy

Write a eulogy in the voice of Edward Williams for Nash Williams.

3. Map

Draw a map tracing the journey of slaves to America and from America to Africa as a part of the repatriation...
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