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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 1: There is a lot of history behind this play that someone in Ancient Greece would have known. Some of the history is alluded to in this first part, and other parts are simply mentioned in passing. This lesson will focus on the history behind the events that are occurring in this play.

1) 1. As the class comes in, divide them into small groups...
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