Daily Lessons for Teaching Medea

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 1 The style of this play will be largely unfamiliar to Western students. This lesson will focus on the structure of the classical Greek play and its place within the society of the day.

1) 1) Class discussion - Open a discussion about what the students currently know about ancient Greek plays. What was the stage like? Were the theaters designed a specific way? Who...
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