Teaching Abe Lincoln in Illinois | 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: Act 1, Scene 1 In this scene, Abe Lincoln's teacher has him read a poem by John Keats on the topic of death. The objective of the lesson is to look at Lincoln's attitude toward death, as revealed in this scene.

1) Activity 1: Small group discussion: Discuss the poem by John Keats that Lincoln reads in this scene. Does it make sense to you? What...
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