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Watch a Film

Watch Alejandro Innaritu's film The Revenant in order to get a visceral idea of the danger and helplessness inherent in a late 1800s hunting trip into the American wilderness.

Create a Diorama

Create a diorama of a poignant or significant scene within the novel, pulling concrete details from the text in order to justify your composition choices.

Act Out a Scene

Choose a short scene from the novel, such as Miller's and Schneider's argument over the party's thirst problem or one of Andrews's encounters with Francine. Prepare a script, and act out the scene in a small group.

Make an Audio Recording

Choose a scene from Butcher's Crossing that features sensory details concerning sound. Then create an audio recording of the scene and play it for the class. The scene you choose need not be one that includes dialogue.

Choose a Song

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