Daily Lessons for Teaching The Bear

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Daily Lessons for Teaching The Bear

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Objective

Objective: Chapter 1 The novel is written about people in Mississippi in the years following the Civil War. The objective of this lesson is to explore the local color of Mississippi during this time and its impact on the story.

1) Lead the class in a discussion about local color. Begin with a definition and ask the class to validate their understanding by offering examples from the book. How is regionalism exhibited in language? Interpersonal dynamics? Clothing? What other elements can the students define that make this story one from Mississippi during the late 1800s?

Divide the class into small groups and have them discuss the author's authenticity with the novel. Could this story take place anywhere else but Mississippi in the 1800's? Why or why not? What is it about the elements of this novel that slots in into this particular time period?

As an in-class exercise,divide...

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