Ideas for fun Tess projects

[Luna1968]

I'm interested in teaching Tess at maybe a 12th grade level. I think the themes are still very relavent to today's times. I'm doing a class paper on teaching Tess atm.
To make my paper more interesting, I wanted to include specific projects/assignments for the students. I really wanted to do some fun things.
One idea I had from someone in class was a youtube video. They had a group project that used Great Expectations and Dickens life - so they put pictures of his life, novels, movie versions of GE, and also text to the music of the Cold Case theme. It was really well done. I thought it was such a great idea.
Any other ideas for fun projects? Tess is such a great novel, but I can imagine high school students getting bored with it. I thought hands on, creative assignments could really bring this book to life.

[shiningdefiance]

Hi! I'm in a 12th grade AP English class; we're just finishing Tess. I didn't like it all that much, but that's just me.
One thing we did in class that I found helpful and interesting was to look at Hardy's poetry. We read a few poems and compared the themes to the novel (The one I remember best was 'The Ruined Maid'). We also made a timeline of events at the beginning of the novel, and looked at a map of Hardy's Wessex, tracing Tess's travels.
Not the most hands on activities, but hopefully helpful! Good luck with your paper; I'm writing my 'Tessay' now.