The Great Divorce | 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. Draw a Scene

Draw a scene from the novel. The Great Divorce is a fantastical image-filled novel and students can choose to draw the dismal Gray Town, the heraldic bus which takes the passengers to Heaven, or the scenes of the Foothills of the Shadow of the Living.

2. Write a Comparison

The Narnia Chronicles, C. S. Lewis' most famous literary work, is also a Christian allegory. Students familiar with this series can write a brief paper comparing the literary and Biblical...
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