Crime and Punishment Project Time (Yippee!)
Honors English 12
Mrs. Dibble
Choice One –
Character Chart to help us memorize those crazy Russians –
this should be illustrated and be very detailed. (Think descriptions
and actions that we should know about.)
Choice Two –
Research the Criminal Element in Russia at the time of the
novel. What kinds of crimes were common? What were the
punishments? What were the prison conditions? Then compare this
to the Criminal Elements of both Europe and America. Prepare
posters (or something) to teach your information to the class.
Choice Three –
Create an illustrated time line that covers Parts I – III and
present this to the class. (Two of you can work together to do this)
Choice Four –
Research the Russian Culture and share this with us. Talk about
home lives, education, recreation. P.S. There’s nothing we like better
about culture than food. This would probably be a good PowerPoint
project. (Partner Project)
Choice Five –
Accumulate articles from our local paper and create a
scrapbook of local/regional/nationwide crime and punishments.
Draw conclusions about how our country handles crime.
Choice Six –
Create Facebook pages for three of the major characters. This is
an individual project but two of you may choose it.
Choice Seven –
Create a soundtrack of at least 10 songs that could accompany
Crime and Punishment. Be able to explain your rationale for the
choices that you made. Make the soundtrack cover as well. You can
not choose this if you did it for Othello. (Individual Project, but two of
you may choose it.)
Choice Eight –
Create an illustrated time line that covers Parts IV- end of novel
and present this to the class. (Two of you can work on this)
Choice Nine –
Do we get another original song to help us remember the key
points? I think we need one! Of course, I do not want the same song
birds from Othello to rock out on this. (Group Project – up to four)
Choice Ten –
Reenact a major scene from one of the Sections. Film this and
show to class. (Group Project – up to four)
Choice Eleven –
The Interview – Imitate a famous interviewer (Oprah ex.) and
interview Raskolvokov. Tape the interview. What kinds of questions
would she ask? What would be the answers? Be tough, be incisive.
Find out the true motivations. (Two or three of you can do this.)