To Be a Slave | 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. Slave Journal

This activity can be done for each chapter in order to create a full journal. Students should create a slave persona and a brief background history of their persona. They will then use this character to write one entry for each chapter after it is read.

2. Slave coffle

For this activity, the teacher should bring in yarn. This activity might be best to do in the hallway or outside. Split the class into girls and boys. Have the girls...
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