Teaching Sophie's World | 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: Chapter 1, The Garden of Eden Students may be unfamiliar with philosophy and the reason people study it. Since this book is more than just a story about Sophie, students must look at philosophy's concepts. The objective of this lesson is for students to understand the basic ideas of philosophy.

1) 1) Class discussion: Ask students what they know about philosophy. Do people use the word in...
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