Daily Lessons for Teaching A Streetcar Named Desire

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: The setting of "A Streetcar Named Desire" is just as much a part of the story as any of the characters. Today's objective is to discuss the city of New Orleans and 632 Elysian Fields to see how it has affected this story from the start.

1) 1. Have each student describe why they think Tennessee Williams chose "Desire" as the name of the streetcar...
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