Teaching Alas, Babylon | 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: Setting. This novel came out in 1959, just a short time following World War II and the Cuban missile crisis. How did this time in history produce this book? This lesson will look at setting.

1) 1. Homework. Students will research the state of Florida paying attention especially to events in Florida and the United States from 1946 - 1959. Students will write a short paper...
(read more)