Teaching The Rifle | 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: Thinking about Colonial manufacturing. In this section of the novel the narrative focuses to a great length on the manufacturing processes used during Colonial times. Students should gain an expanded understanding of modern manufacturing techniques by comparing and contrasting them with the techniques discussed in the novel.

1) Cornish McManus manufactures guns by making one piece at a time by hand, then assembling each...
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