Daily Lessons for Teaching All the King's Men

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: The novel begins in 1936, flashes back to 1922, then moves forward to present day 1936 to continue the plot. The objective of this lesson is to understand the literary technique of flashbacks.

1) Lead the class in a discussion of literary flashbacks. Begin by defining what a flashback is and asking the students to explain how Chapter 1 uses the technique of flashback. Can the...
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