Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapters 1-2 Abstract

* In Chapter 1, Colin Diver was finishing his last year at Harvard Law School. Colin was editor of the Harvard Law Review.
* Colin managed to avoid the draft by being a student, husband, and father.
* Colin accepted a position with a Washington D.C. law firm but...
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