Rich Man, Poor Man | 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. Bakery Diorama

Create a diorama of what you envision the Jordache bakery to look like.

2. Boxing Match

If appropriate for your area, have the students attend a local boxing match to see what Thomas' world may have been like. If attendance is not feasible, watch a match on TV and try to catch the excitement that fueled Thomas for so many years.

3. Character Charades

Write the names of the characters from the novel on slips of paper and place...
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