Teaching Foucault's Pendulum | 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: Chapters 1-12 (Keter 1-2, Hokhmah 3-6, Binah 7-12) At the beginning of the novel, as Casaubon is pondering Foucault's pendulum and its significance, the author includes a variety of mathematical formulae, as well as information about physics and other disciplines. The objective of this lesson is to discuss why the author chose to include this highly technical information.

1) 1) In-class writing assignment: In...
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