Claude McKay | 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. The Baltimore Affair

Write a police report about the Baltimore affair. Be sure to take an objective position in your description of events.

2. Desertion Letter

Write a letter to the U.S. Army from Jake, explaining why he's deserting.

3. Book Cover

Design a book cover for Home to Harlem that expresses its themes and characteristics.

4. Promoting Home to Harlem

Create a television or radio ad to promote Home to Harlem.

5. A Portrait of Harlem

Create a portrait of one...
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