Daily Lessons for Teaching Doubt

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: Scene 1 The title of this play, "Doubt: A Parable," indicates that the playwright intends for the play to teach a lesson in the form of a parable, such as the ones Christ often used in the teachings described in the Bible. The objective of this lesson is to define and discuss parables.

1) 1. Definition: Ask the class to define the word "parable." Write ideas on...
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