Teaching Age of Iron | 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: Part One, p. 3-15 The author of "Age of Iron" is J.M. Coetzee, who was born in South Africa and was of Afrikaner descent. His father lost his job with the government as a result of disagreements over South Africa's apartheid policies. "Age of Iron" is a fiction book that presents life under apartheid. The objective of this lesson is to examine J.M. Coetzee and the genre...
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