The Great White Hope 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. Boxing History

Research the history of boxing, and write a one-page paper to share your research.

2. Your Favorite Sport

What is your favorite sport? Present information about and/or teach your classmates how to play your favorite sport in a twenty-minute period of time.

3. Racism

What is racism? What is the history of racism? How powerful is racism today? Write your responses in a short essay.

4. Erase the Hate Poster Contest

Hold a poster contest with the them being "Erase...
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