Teaching The Amateurs | 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 Chapter 1, Halberstam compared the amount of publicity, money and fame that most Olympic hopefuls had compared to rowers. The objective of this lesson is to compare the notoriety and funding that most Olympic hopefuls received compared to what rowers received.

1) 1) Partner discussion: Divide the class into groups of 2-3. Would tickets be sold for most Olympic trials? Did most Olympic trials bring...
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