Gulag: A History | 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 Version

Watch the movie version of this book, and write a short essay comparing/contrasting the two versions of the story. What is the same about the presentations? What is different? Is there anything unexpected/surprising in this comparison?

2. Memoir

Many prisoners have written memoirs about their time in Gulag. Read one of these books and write a short report comparing/contrasting information about the camp as found in both these texts.

3. Drama

Choose one of the scenes in the book to...
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