Gold Mine 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. Movie Script

Write a movie script for an abridged version of the novel.

2. Music CD

Research the music of the 1920's - 1970s and create a CD which could be a background for the lives of Hettie, Hurry, Teresa, Rod, and Manfred.

3. City Study

Do some research about Johannesburg and South Africa mentioned in "Gold Mine". How does the country compare today to Smith's description?

4. Drawing

Draw a scene from "Gold Mine" and explain what it means to you.