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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. Students Collect Newspaper, Internet, and Magazine Articles on Slavery, Racism, and Classism.

* Students will research articles about modern slavery, racism, and classism a day or two before the activity.
* They will bring in printed copies of the articles they find, i.e.: cut out of the paper or magazine or printed off the internet.
* Divide the class into three groups, one with each topic as their theme.
* Students will exchange information they have found, so...
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