Daily Lessons for Teaching The America Play, and Other Works

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: Section 1, Essays The America Play and Other Works is an anthology of plays by Suzan-Lori Parks. Suzan-Lori Parks (born 1963) is an African American playwright whose works are noted for their postmodern examination of race and gender in America. Parks has earned numerous awards, including multiple Obies, the 2001 MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant, and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. In this lesson, students are introduced to the...
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