Daily Lessons for Teaching Bearing the Cross

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 racial inequality in the United States was the impetus behind the Civil Rights Movement. Understanding more about the history of race in the United States helps to put the events of King's life and his ideas into context. The objective of this lesson is to explore the history of African Americans in the United States.

1) Homework: Write a research report discussing the history of...
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