Teaching The Emperor Jones | 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: Act 1, Scene 1 The first scene of the play introduces us to a landscape that is part allegorical, but it is still a historical landscape as well, with a history that is particular to the region. This lesson discusses the history of the West Indies.

1) 1. Class discussion. Discuss instances in the play where the West Indies' colonial history is apparent. ...
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