Teaching Mourning Becomes Electra | 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: Play One, Act One, Scene One, Part One. The objective of this lesson is exploring how Mourning Becomes Electra is based on three classical Greek tragedies -The Oresteia by Aeschylus, Electra by Sophocles, and Electra by Euripides.

1) 1. Individual Assignment: Using the internet and library, research the history and plots of The Oresteia by Aeschylus, Electra by Sophocles, and Electra by Euripides. Write a summary...
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