The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down | 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. 1980

We learn in the preface that the author meets the Lee family in 1988, but they come to America in 1980. Research in the library the important historical dates that leads to them seeking refuge from Laos to America.

2. Laos

Find Laos on a map. How far is it from California? Make a map and mark their Lee's journey from Laos to California.

3. Lee family tree

Foua Lee gives birth to 14 children in the book. Make a family...
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