Daily Lessons for Teaching Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

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: Space exploration. In order for this book to occur in "real" life space exploration and travel would have to be possible. It's an idea that stirs many people's imagination. This lesson will look at space exploration and what students think are the possibilities and what they wish were the possibilities.

1) 1. Group work. Divide into groups. Have each group list at least ten reasons why...
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