Daily Lessons for Teaching The Iliad

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: Book 1: Achilles and Agamemnon have a fight, which results in Achilles leaving the battle. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the role of conflict in society.

1) 1) Divide the class into pairs. Have each pair pick a conflict, and create an argument based on that conflict. As homework: have each student write a resolution to the conflicts presented in class.

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