Daily Lessons for Teaching The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test

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 this lesson, we'll try to better understand the concept of judging or not judging people and issues solely by their appearances.

1) 1. Class discussion: Why does Wolfe seek Kesey out? What is it about this drug-culture icon that intrigued him? Did Wolfe have an open mind toward Kesey and the Merry Pranksters? Or did he come in with preconceived notions? When they finally meet,...
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