Teaching Barchester Towers | 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: The focus of the opening of this book is the impact of the new Parliament. The objective of this lesson is to analyze how power over Parliament also means power over the Church of England.

1) 1) Class discussion: What position in the church needs to be filled? Who is a possible candidate for Bishop? How are possible Bishops considered? What...
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