The Last Tycoon | 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. Film Making

Stahr spends a huge portion of his time involving himself in the film making process. Work together as a class to make a short film. This will require writers, editors, actors, cameramen, etc.

2. Dioramas

Split the class into groups and assign each group a different setting from the book, such as the studio, Stahr's house, the plane, the limo, the office, etc. Have each group create a diorama of this setting along with a description of...
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