Have high school students read "Death of a Salesman," and ask them to design a playbill for the show. Encourage students to use a variety of mediums, including computer-generated images and hand-drawn pictures. Allow students to express their own personal style and ideas for the design but suggest that they include a picture of the main character or characters on the posters. Display the posters on the walls of the school.
Have high school students create a diorama from the play. For instance, much of the play takes place in the Lomans' kitchen. Have students work together to create a diorama of the kitchen. Once the kitchen has been built, have the students take turns role playing various scenes from the play. Another prominent room in the play is the upstairs bedroom where the two Loman sons, Happy and Biff, share memories. Create this scene, and act out the dialog of the play.
Have students choose a character from the play, and write a short story about that character. Another writing assignment would be to have students choose their favorite scene from the play and rewrite it as if it were taking place today. The updated version of the story could include such things as Loman's wife acquiring clothes via freecycle instead of mending socks as she does in the story.
Ask students to dig into the emotions of the characters and the true meaning of the story, and ask them how they can relate to the play. For example, ask students what their idea of the "American Dream" is, and have them to draw a picture to describe it. Another way to engage students is to ask them to choose a favorite quote from the play, and discuss why they chose it.