Teaching The Idiot | 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: Myshkin is the central focus of the novel, and a character who provides a contrast to the society of St. Petersburg. His unusual characteristics are introduced at the beginning of the novel, as he is introduced to the other characters. The objective of this lesson is to examine the character of Myshkin.

1) 1) As a class, read the opening of the novel, where Myshkin is...
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