Teaching Red Prophet | 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: Ta-Kumsaw explains that the alcohol sold to the Red men is destroying them, causing them to be shadows of who they are and what they could be, and that they cannot restrain themselves from its toxicity. The objective of this lesson is to gain a better understanding of why it is made illegal to sell alcohol to Natives (Reds).

1) 1) Initiate a class discussion on the...
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