Teaching The Last Night of Ballyhoo | 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: In Act 1, Scene 1, the first symbol is the Christmas tree, which represents how accepting the family is of cultural and social traditions based on Christianity. This lesson will discuss the ways in which they are not-too-observant and one of the symbols that shows this.

1) Class Discussion: Describe this family, regarding their Jewish heritage.

Small Group Activity: What is the first symbol that...
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