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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. Web Page

Students may create a web page which details the characters of the play. Students may choose images of actors, real people, historical images, etc. Students should ensure the privacy of the web page to prevent copyright infringement over any images.

2. Irish Music

Students may choose to find music that was popular in Ireland during this time period and bring it to class to share.

3. Dancing at Lugnhnasa

Brian Friel's most famous work is the play, Dancing at Lughnasa....
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