Herland 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. Work of Art

Create an artistic work in any medium depicting an interesting scene, setting or character in "Herland".

2. Fashion Design

The women in Herland are said to dress in an androgynous way. Design fashions which you think the women of Herland would wear. Consider the resources that the women have and what sort of materials they would be able to produce to make clothing from.

3. Short Story

Research life in Victorian England and compose a short story that is...
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