Daily Lessons for Teaching The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill

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 book opens with the British facing down the Germans across the English Channel in World War II. The objective of this lesson is to learn more about WWII and how Winston Churchill was involved in the war.

1) Homework: Create a timeline of World War II. Include in your timeline important events and turning points in the war. For example, you might include important battles,...
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