Teaching The Clan of the Cave Bear | 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: In this chapter, the author, Jean Auel, begins to set the stage for a story set in prehistoric Europe. She is a master at description. The objective of this lesson is to examine the setting of the story.

1) Class Discussion:
The Clan of the Cave Bear is set between 25,000 and 35,000 years ago in prehistoric Europe during the Ice Age. How does the first...
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