Why We Can't Wait | 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. 1960s Newspaper

Have the students research news events and important information that citizens needed to know at the time of the 1960s. Have the students combine their research materials into a small newspaper describing life during the 1960s.

2. Interview with someone that remembers 1963

Have students interview people from their family that were alive in 1963 and remember how things were. Have the students ask about costs of living, fashion trends, political figures, favorite movies and t.v. shows during...
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