The Golden Notebook | 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. Your Notebooks

Bring a small notebook in each color used in the novel (golden, black, etc) and keep a journal much like Anna did about her life in each of the notebooks.

2. Doris Lessing

Online or in the library, study the author's biography of this novel. How does her life relate to Anna's? Be prepared to give your thoughts to the class.

3. The Communist Revolution

Online or in the library, study the Communist Party during the time that the book...
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