Daily Lessons for Teaching The House of Morgan

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: When the book opens in 1835 London is the center of the financial world. George Peabody opens a merchant bank in 1838. When he retires in 1864, Junius Morgan renames the company J.S. Morgan and Company. The objective of this lesson is to learn the history of the J.S. Morgan and Company and the main characters involved in its beginnings.

1) 1. Divide the class into...
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