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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. Meet the Amish!

If there is internet access in the classroom, divide the students into small groups and have each group research on the internet a different topic about Amish culture: history, language, customs, geographic location, beliefs, etc. If there is no internet, provide the students with other materials such as books to complete the exercise.

Once a group has collected sufficient information, have them write a short essay on what they've learned. Post the essays on the bulletin...
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