Teaching A Civil Action | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Boston, 1986; Woburn, Summer 1966; The Lawyer This book is titled A Civil Action. In order to give the students some fundamental background for the book, this lesson focuses on what constitutes a civil action

1) 1. Put a general definition of a civil action and a criminal action on the board before the students come in. The definitions might be something like the following:...
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