The Green Pastures | 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. Scenes from THE GREEN PASTURES

Watch selected scenes from the DVD of the 1936 film, THE GREEN PASTURES.

2. Costume Display

Find photos or drawings of the types of costumes mentioned in THE GREEN PASTURES. Make copies to put up on the wall of the classroom.

3. Hierarchy Picture of the Times

View the early scene from SHOWBOAT where it is quitting time on the plantation. Discuss this scene in terms of hierarchy among the black workers.

4. Create a...
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