Paris Spleen, 1869 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. Re-Write

Choose one poem from this collection and re-write it in a different poetic style.

2. Talk Show

Host a talk show where you can help to solve the problems of the people in one of these poems.

3. Class System

Based on clues given throughout these poems, create a visual that organizes the class system in Baudelaire's society.

4. Letter from the Editor

Pretend you are Baudelaire's editor and respond to his letter in the beginning of this collection.

5. Crossword