Teaching The Bhagavad Gita | 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: Book 1, Bhagavadgita: Chapter 1, The Distress of Arjuna In The Bhagavad Gita, the story of Arjuna and Sri Krishna is told by Sanjaya to Dhritarashtra. This lesson will explore the influence of this particular narrative choice on the work as a whole.

1) 1) NARRATIVE STRUCTURE: Discuss different traditional methods of constructing a narrative with the class, briefly outlining each.

2) Class Discussion: The...
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