The Great Santini 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. Great Santini Research

Bull Meecham refers to himself as the Great Santini throughout the novel. Research the name, Great Santini and write an essay explaining who the Great Santini was and why Bull might refer to himself by this name.

2. Build a Fighter Plane

Research the make and model of the fighter plane Bull flies in the novel. Buy or create a model of the plane and present it in class.

3. Fighter Pilot Poem

Bull is a fighter pilot. Explore...
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