Marie Antoinette: The Journey 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. Other Works

Choose another short story or novel written about Marie Antoinette and compare / contrast the representation in both works. In what ways is Antoinette's representation the same? In what ways is she different? Write a short report of your findings, citing examples from both texts to strengthen your arguments.

2. Vocabulary

There are many instances of old British English and French phrases scattered throughout this text. Create a list of twenty new vocabulary words or phrases from the text, and...
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