Mythologies | 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. Your Personality

Which essay in "Mythologies" is most closely related to you; what you believe and represent? Write a short essay of your own about this.

2. Myth of Your Own

What myth did Barthes overlook? Write your own essay about this myth or object, in your best Barthes-like writing.

3. Roland Barthes

Who was he? Research his life to better understand his point of view.

4. Toys

In the essay "Toys," the author condemns modern toys; their implications and materials. Pretend...
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