Teaching Childhood's End | 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: Chapter 1 introduces two characters who only appear in this first chapter. Students should be able to show an understanding of Reinhold Hoffmann and Konrad Schneider, describing their goals and motivations.

1) 1) Individual writing project: Have each student choose one of the two characters introduced in Chapter 1 and write a brief character analysis of two or three paragraphs. Students should give historical background on...
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