Teaching Gulag: A History | 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: Introduction LABOR CAMPS - In this chapter, author Applebaum lists the various labor camps that have existed in world history. The objective of this lesson is for students to explore the various labor camps that have existed and to discuss how Gulag fits into that list.

1) 1.) As a class, create a list of labor camps Applebaum discusses in her introduction to the text. Which among...
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