The Known World | 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. Diorama--Townsend Plantation

Create a diorama of the Townsend Plantation, creating a scene from the book that includes something that happened on this plantation. Use as many details as possible with materials that are appropriate to the dimensions of the diorama.

2. Diorama--Jail

Create a diorama of the town jail that depicts one of the many scenes that took place at this location. Use as many details as possible with materials that are appropriate to the dimensions of the diorama.

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