Teaching Dark Force Rising | 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: Chapters 1 and 2 clearly show that Thrawn is obsessed with rebuilding the Empire. The objective of this lesson is to examine the topic of obsession, how it could get Thrawn into trouble and how it gets people into trouble in real life situations.

1) Class Discussion 1:

Why do the students feel that Thrawn is so obsessed? How might that obsession affect...
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