Teaching The Education of Henry Adams | 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: In "Quincy" and "Boston", Henry Adam's outlines the major influencing factors of his youth. Among these are the remains of a Puritan outlook. The objective of this lesson is to analyze how the Puritan past still impacts Henry Adams.

1) 1) Writing assignment: In their journals, students will respond to the following: Where does Henry say his Puritan bias comes from and what does...
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