On the Road | 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. Travel Journal

Write a journal that recounts a trip or vacation that you have taken recently.

2. Listen to Jazz Music

Listen to jazz music composed or played by some of the musicians mentioned in On the Road such as Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, and Dizzy Gillespie. Option - Write poetry while listening to jazz music.

3. On the Road Map

Create a map that depicts Sal Paradise's trips taken in On the...
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