Teaching Herzog | 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: Saul Bellow used many of his own experiences within the characters and plots of his novels. In Herzog, Bellow's characteristics are mirrored in the main character, Moses Herzog, as well as the settings of the story. The objective of this lesson is to provide students with historical background on the 1960s and author background to help understand the various aspects of the story.

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