Daily Lessons for Teaching A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

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: In Chapter 1, the author provides a look at life at Ballou Senior High School. The objective of this lesson is to learn what it is like to attend Ballou Senior High School.

1) 1) Class Discussion: What type of a security force is there at Ballou? What is the pecking order at Ballou? What are some recent acts of violence that have occurred? Why is...
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