Teaching Crossing the River | 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 "The Pagan Coast," the American Colonization Society endorses a repatriation program where they send former slaves to Africa to spread the Gospel. Edward gives Nash a Christian education and sends him to Monrovia through the Society. This lesson will introduce "The Pagan Coast" and the repatriation program that really existed and compare it with the story.

1) 1). Lecture: PowerPoint presentation introducing "The Pagan Coast"...
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