Daily Lessons for Teaching Elizabeth the Great

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: Most historical books focus on important events people and events. Elizabeth the Great by Elizabeth Jenkins, in contrast, focuses on interesting personal information about Queen Elizabeth I. As a result, some important events in Elizabeth's life get little attention in the book and some minor events get a lot of attention. The objective of this lesson is to focus on the Preface or Introduction of the...
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