Teaching Mother Night | 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: Chapter 1-3 The objective of this lesson is to prepare the students for the themes and subjects presented in the novel. Mother Night contains material of a sensitive nature. The value of this book is that it can create a venue in which issues of bias, bigotry, racism, and genocide can be explored compared to historical events. Without giving too much away, tell students that this...
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