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Lesson 1 (from Book One: Chapter 1, Two Shabby Figures)

Objective

Mary learns about bees from Holmes in Chapter 1. The objective of this lesson is to compare and contrast Mary's and Holmes's attitudes toward bees.

Lesson

1) Class discussion: Why does Mary call bees mindless creatures? Why does Mary call the bees a tool? Which of the bees do all the work? What do the males do? How does Mary describe the queen? What does Mary believe the queen is condemned to do? What happens if two queens meet? How does Mary feel about a fight to the death between queens? Does Mary believe that bees are good workers? Why or why not? What does Mary think the bees would do if they were a self-respecting race? Why does Mary remind herself that she is not interested in bees after looking at and discussing the observation hive? Does that indicate that bees may fascinate Mary more than she...

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