Unfit for Command | 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. Fact or Fiction Game

One of the main themes of the book is the difference in Kerry's account of certain events as it compares to the accounts from the other officers who were there. Split the class up into partners. Each pair will take turns reading various statements from the book while the other person determines if they are fact or fiction.

2. Map It

Print out a map (or photocopy it from a book) of Vietnam and the surrounding areas. Draw...
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