Naples '44 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. Map it

Create a map to illustrate Naples and the surrounding regions to use as a reference guide for the novel.

2. Friendly fire

Research the phenomenon of friendly fire, as experienced by the American troops in "September 1943," and create a presentation that explains this relatively common occurrence to your classmates.

3. Jeopardy!

Create a Jeopardy! game that will help your classmates keep town names and the names of the individuals in the book straight.

4. Dear Diary

Recreate one of...
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