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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. Felling the Forest

Divide the class into three or four small groups. Each group must find a unique way to recreate the climactic scene at Fleur's cabin in which the trees appear to fall by themselves crushing many of the lumberjacks.

2. Clan Markers

Nanapush describes the clan markers he inscribes on the gravestones of Fleur's family. Have each student design his/her own clan marker to identify his/her family.

3. Burying the Dead

Explore the various ways the Native Americans had for...
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