One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey 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. Identify Setting

Choose one setting described in One Man's Wilderness and find a photo or fact about it to share with the class.

2. Acting Like a Conservationist

Taking your cue from Dick, select an object that is considered "trash" and write a description of how you would reuse it. Share your idea with the class.

3. Matching Game

Create a matching game about the symbols in One Man's Wilderness and give to another student in the class to answer. (Examples:...
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