Mornings on Horseback | 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. Scene Representation

Draw, paint, or create another type of representation for some scene in the book. For example, you might draw a picture of Theodore, Sr. giving a speech or of the family at Oyster Bay.

2. Character Match

Assign each student a particular character in the book, but place the information on his/her back so the student is not aware of which character he/she is. Have the student ask questions to figure out which character he/she is.

3. Documentary

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