Daily Lessons for Teaching Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Daily Lessons for Teaching Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Lesson 1 (from Dagon)

Objective

"Dagon"

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales is a collection of short stories by American horror, fantasy, and science fiction author H.P. Lovecraft, known for the sub-genre of "weird fiction." Lovecraft's guiding literary principle of "cosmicism" or "cosmic horror", the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien, is a thematic through line which connects each of the stories. In this lesson, students are introduced to the book and author of Dagon and Other Macabre Tales.

Lesson

1) Teacher Lecture: Introduce the class to the book and author. Dagon and Other Macabre Tales is a collection of short stories by American horror, fantasy, and science fiction author H.P. Lovecraft, known for the sub-genre of "weird fiction."

2) Research Activity: Allow students time to conduct independent research on the biography, career, works, and style of H.P. Lovecraft.

3) Group Activity: Following...

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