Teaching Plan of Attack | 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: In response to the attacks of 9/11, Bush tells Cheney in private that he wants to get rid of Saddam. Today's objective is to talk about the idea of having a solution in mind before taking the time to consider other options as well.

1) 1. Have each student discuss how they would define the idea a solution for a problem. What makes up...
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