Daily Lessons for Teaching Red Storm Rising

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: Chapters 1 through 8 The destruction of the oil refinery has long-lasting effects on the people of Russia, and leaves the country in an extremely vulnerable state. That vulnerability launches what is essentially a third world war. This lesson will focus on that vulnerability and its consequences.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Have the class discuss what circumstances makes Russia so vulnerable to the Muslims' attack, and how...
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