The Time Machine | 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. Model Making

Make a model of the time machine, out of clay or paper or other found objects. Look up the descriptions in the text and see what you can come up with that would resemble Wells's vision.

2. From Page to Screen

Watch both of the big screen adaptations of this novel and compare them. Did you like the 1960 version better than the 2002 version? Which one most effectively adapts the novel?

3. Eloi and Morlock

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