Teaching Democracy | 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 first chapter of DEMOCRACY establishes an inherent juxtaposition that will be prevalent throughout the novel, the dichotomy of the emotionless violence perpetrated by men like Lovett and the desire for human love. The objective of this lesson is to examine this juxtaposition.

1) 1. For class discussion: As a class, review the first chapter, and make two lists on the board: one should be a list...
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