1. Research a political or world leader with which you are unfamiliar. Create a poster or brochure that describes
the leader’s message and fight, as well as biographical information.
2. Create a giant timeline of the important events of the novel. Be sure to include pictures.
3. Create a detailed map of where the story takes place. Include names of towns and cities, and a key telling how
they are related to the novel.
4. Create a newspaper of the day the animals took over the farm. Include as many details of the event as possible
in the main article. Also include advertisements, horoscopes, photos, gossip and advice columns, letters to the
editor, or other newsworthy events to enhance the project.
5. Create a cause and effect poster, explaining how each event of the book caused other events to occur. What
might have happened had one of the events not occurred? Chose an event to change, and re-write the events
that occurred because of that change.
6. Create a board game which includes the following:
a. Game Cards, at least 20, which contain quotations from Animal Farm.
b. Game Pieces, at least 4, representing the characters in Animal Farm.
c. Game Board, complete with your art work which relates to Animal Farm.
d. Typed direction on how to play the game, the object of the game, and how to win.
7. To the animals, they created a utopia in which they ruled themselves and everything they did benefited the
whole of Animal Farm. Create a fictional utopia of your own. Create a detailed society and a specific
governmental system. Your may use an existing governmental/economic system, or you can create one of your
own. Consider: democracy, totalitarianism, oligarchy, capitalism, communism, socialism, etc. Some things to
consider in the creation of the utopia are a class system, laws, media, personal freedoms, religion, values,
family, natural resources, imports/exports, etc. Include a map of your utopia, indicating the name of the
country and the capital city.
8. Prepare a PowerPoint after researching different means of Propaganda/Rhetoric. What are the significant uses,
techniques and effects of propaganda and rhetoric? Can propaganda be useful and used for a greater good?
How does Squealer’s technique using lies and denial compare with modern techniques of propaganda and
rhetoric?
9. Write an alternate ending to the novel. What happens next? What would happen if Snowball had come back?
If Boxer had lived? If Napoleon had died? What would the lives of the animals be like? You choose from where
the story changes and what happens to each character.
10. Write an essay on one of the following topics:
a. Compare and contrast the characters of Napoleon and Snowball. Consider their personalities,
motivations and relationships. Who was the better leader? What motivated each of them? What kind
of relationship did they have with the animals? How were their views on life and leadership similar or
different? Use examples from the text to support your response.
b. Analyze the character of Boxer. What is his role in the life of Animal Farm? How does his role change?
Is he an admirable character? Why or why not? Could he have saved Animal Farm from Napoleon’s
tyranny? Why or why not?
c. Analyze Clover’s role in the novel. Consider her role as a worker, caretaker, as well as a friend to the
other animals. How does she change throughout the novel? Is she a necessary character? Why or why
not?
d. How does Orwell use the technique of irony in Animal Farm? Give examples from the text to support
your response.