Elizabeth I 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. Journalist

Imagine that you are living sometime during the era of Queen Elizabeth I, from 1553-1603 and write an article on what was happening during this time. Students should write an article about an event or events, and share the article with the class.

2. Comic Strip

Choose one of the chapters of Elizabeth I and create an ironic representation of the book through a comic strip. Students can change the dialogue to make it more current. Students should write a comic...
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