Daily Lessons for Teaching Theogony and Works and Days

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: Theogony This book is written by Hesiod. Hesiod was an oral poet and thought to be one of the first economists. Today's objective will study the life and works of Hesiod.

1) 1) Class Discussion: This book is written by Hesiod, a Greek oral poet. Do you know anything about the author, Hesiod? What from the title do you gather is Hesiod's area of study...
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