The Quiet American 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. Wall Montage

Under a heading that says VIETNAM, collect pictures of beautiful Vietnamese scenery and surviving French colonial buildings and put them up on the wall as a montage.

2. Make a Map

Make a three-dimensional map of Vietnam and indicate the main locations mentioned in the novel. The map can be made with papier mache or other suitable material.

3. Watch the Movie

Find a DVD of The Quiet American that was released in 2002 starring Michael Caine as Thomas...
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