Daily Lessons for Teaching About Face

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: Chapters 1-3 At the opening of "About Face", Hackworth describes some of the activities of the U.S. military in Korea. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the events that transpired between North and South Korea, also known as the Korean War.

1) 1) Independent Work: Library Research and Written Summary: When did the Korean War begin? Who supported the Republic of Korea? Who supported the...
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