Teaching The Worldly Philosophers | 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: Introduction The objective of this lesson is understanding the use of an introduction to set the topic of a non-fiction work.

1) 1. Class activity. Reread the first two paragraphs of the introduction. Make a list of all things Heilbroner says these men have done. Then make a list of all the things he says they did not do. It is not until the...
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