Daily Lessons for Teaching The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss

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: The aim of this lesson is to introduce the book.

1) 1. Class discussion. What do the students already know about the Ephrussi family and European Jewish culture? How much have they influenced European society? How much have European Jews influenced American society What do the students know about the author? What new things do they hope to learn about European Jewish culture?

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