Cheaper by the Dozen Fun Activities

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 166 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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Cheaper by the Dozen Fun Activities

Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr.

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 166 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Draw an Anecdote

"Cheaper by the Dozen" is full of anecdotes about the Gilbreth family. Draw an anecdote from the book, as it was described by the authors.

Fast Facts

Choose a partner. Using a clock, a watch or a minute timer, see how many facts about the Gilbreth family your partner can name in one minute. Keep a tally as they cite various characteristics or anecdotes they recall from the book. Then, it's your turn. Who can recall the most facts in one minute?

20 Questions

Choose a partner, and play the classic game of 20 questions together. To begin, choose an individual, event, or place from the book (as opposed to an animal, vegetable or mineral as is customary in the classic game of 20 Questions). Your partner can ask up to 20 questions to determine the individual, event, or place that you have in mind. Then, switch roles with.