Pope Joan | 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. Diorama--St. Peter

Create a diorama of the pillaging of St. Peter's by the Saracens using a shoe box and any other materials desired. Be sure to keep all materials to scale.

2. Collage--theme

Create a collage of one of the novel's themes, using newspaper, magazine, and Internet clippings of pictures that relate to the theme in some way.

3. Game

Create a board game that involves the power struggle between Anastasius and Joan in their fight over the papacy.

4. Crossword...
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