Teaching Freedom | 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: In Chapter 1, the preoccupation with freedom is a predominately Western concept. Patterson views the development of freedom as a social value as somewhat of an historical development process. This lesson will discuss the preoccupation with freedom and freedom's social value as an historical development process.

1) Class Discussion: How is the Western world preoccupied with freedom?

Small Group Activity: Why does this preoccupation exist?...
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