The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 | 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. Memoir

Many prisoners have written memoirs about their time in Gulag. Read one of these books and write a short report comparing/contrasting information about the camp as found in both these texts.

2. Drama

Choose one of the scenes in the memoir to act out with your classmates. Each student in the group should be a part of dividing up the lines, and all should speak in the scene. Have each group give a performance of its scene in front of the...
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