Teaching On War | 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: Book 1, On The Nature of War : Chapter 1, Introduction, Notes & What is War? Clausewitz says that war is an extension of a country's political policies. The objective of this lesson is to discuss what war is today compared to war during Clausewitz' time.

1) 1) Independent Work: Library Research: Find reasons why war often starts by choosing two wars to review. Were all wars...
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