Truman | 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. Geneaology

Read through the marriages and births of Chapter 1, and create the family tree for Harry S. Truman and for Bess.

2. Additional reading about this subject

Read through Chapter 2 and list the books mentioned that Harry read while growing up. Find them at the library or research them on the Internet. Write a short synopsis of the book and then make a list of which you would recommend for your fellow students.

3. Time management

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