Paris to the Moon 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. Political Cartoon

Students should create their own political cartoon about the Juppe scandal as discussed in the first chapter, "Paris to the Moon".

2. Replica

Students should create their own replica of either the carousel of the Luxembourg Gardens or the musical horse outside the toy store as described in the chapter, Winter Circus.

3. Collage

Students should create a collage with pictures, photographs, and magazine clippings of famous places in Paris mentioned specifically in "Paris to the Moon" and share their...
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