Daily Lessons for Teaching Fast Food Nation

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: One of the things that most of the founding fathers of fast food have in common is that they come from backgrounds of having no money and made their fortunes in fast food. This lesson is on Perseverance.

1) 1) Class Discussion: What is Perseverance? Why is perseverance so important when starting a business?

2) Journal: What are some...
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