Daily Lessons for Teaching Escape from Freedom

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: Freedom - A Psychological Problem? In the opening remarks of this chapter, Fromm makes a statement about the history of modern Europe and America. This lesson will focus on how freedom is defined and how it is affected by historical events.

1) 1. Partner Discussion: According to Fromm, in what ways has history taught people to fight for their freedom? What connections does he...
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