Teaching The Confessions of Nat Turner | 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 introduction is written from Gray's viewpoint. This is the only item we have, verbatim, from the man who interviewed Nat Turner. It's introduced at the very beginning of the book, coloring everything that comes after. Viewpoints are very important in the book, as the same thing, like slavery, can be interpreted different ways by different characters. The objective of this lesson is to learn about...
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