Middlemarch | 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. A day in the life of a Victorian woman

Pretend that you are a woman living in Middlemarch. Write a diary entry describing what you did today. Be sure to specify whether you are married, and if so, what your husband does for work, as these details would have a large impact on what your day-to-day life entailed.

2. Victorian costumes

Find pictures of Victorian clothing, either online or in print. If possible, print/copy them and post them around...
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