A Gathering of Old Men 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. Mock courtroom

Set up a mock courtroom to hear the trial of the characters from this book. Do this before the students read the last chapter. Have the students decide who wants to be the judge, jury, defendants, etc., and act out the case. Use a questioning strategy to come up with questions for the witnesses (this can be done in groups.)

2. Man vs. Machine

Have the students break into teams. Give examples of Man vs. Machine...
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