Teaching The Killer Angels | 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: Monday, June 29, 1863, Chapter 1, The Spy In the opening chapter, we are introduced to the relationship between Lee and Longstreet, a relationship that will prove to be important throughout the novel. The objective of this lesson is to examine this relationship and the foreshadowing it offers.

1) 1) Review foreshadowing as a class, if necessary.
2) Divide the class into small groups. Each group should...
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