Daily Lessons for Teaching The Drowned and the Saved

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: Preface Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933 and became the dictator of a totalitarian regime. He established a new order of German supremacy which led to World War II. Part of his plan was to eliminate all Jews. This led to the establishment of lagers (concentration and death camps) in which Primo Levi was held prisoner. The purpose of this lesson is for students to...
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