The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel 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. Pavlo/Pavlov Parallel Poster

Have students review Pavlo's character traits and then go to the library and research Ivan Pavlov and this classical conditioning response theory. Allow students to make their own parallels between Pavlov's dog and Pavlo, asking them to make a poster showcasing the dehumanizing yet interesting parallels between these two creatures/characters. This concept that Pavlo's name may have been used on purpose by the playwright can also be analyzed in greater depth by writing students.

2. Pavlo Collage of Life