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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. At home in Madison

Let the students create a diorama or drawing of the first apartment shared by Larry and Sally when moving to Madison, Wisconsin.

2. The Great Depression

The Morgans and Langs begin their careers and their early married years during the Great Depression. Research this time period in America and create a visual presentation on what the two couples may have experienced having lived through it.

3. Write a Film Script

Write a movie script for an abridged version...
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