Fast Food Nation | 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. Ad Exec

Come up with a proposal to market chicken wings to children in the style of Ray Kroc.

2. Character Reference

Write an ironic adventure story using McDonald's characters as the main characters.

3. Fast Food Island

Write about which fast food items would be best if stranded in a desert island. Describe why these items would be most effective.

4. Burger Time

Make a list of ingredients and style used in making hamburgers from three different restaurant chains. ...
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