Daily Lessons for Teaching Journey to the East

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: Part I It is important for the reader to understand what events in history contribute to Herman Hesse's writing of "Journey to the East". Hesse is clearly responding to some event or events in his life, and without the historical context it is difficult to understand his story. The objective of this lesson is to understand the historical context of "Journey to the East" and how...
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