Teaching Dune | 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: Frank Herbert is an influential science fiction writer of the sixties, and his Dune series is often cited as the best science fiction series ever. The aim of this lesson is to examine Frank Hubert's life and work.

1) 1) With the students, brainstorm what they already know about Frank Herbert. What influence has he had on popular culture? What other books has he written? Do his...
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