Sharpe's Trafalgar: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805 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. Ahoy!

Split a hall into different areas of a ship. For example starboard and port. Gather everyone into the center of the hall and randomly shout areas the students have to run to. The last person to get there is out of the game and the last person remaining wins.

2. Newspaper Campaign.

Divide into two groups; anti Lord William and pro Lord William. The anti William group has to develop a newspaper campaign to turn the public against William, and the...
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