The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill 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. Character Match-Up

Assign each student a different historical figure from the book. Put the name of the person on the student's back and have them ask questions of classmates to figure out which person they are.

2. Churchill Web Site

Create a web site dedicated to Winston Churchill. Have students contribute various materials and reports on different parts of Winston's life.

3. A Churchill Play

Write a play (or several scenes from a play) on some part of Winston's life. For example,...
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