Daily Lessons for Teaching Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner

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: In Chapter 1, Baden notes that the famous often seem linked to conspiracy, particularly after their deaths. He believes this may be due to their larger than life status, and their profound effects on our lives. This lesson will discuss the concept of fame, and the influence of fame in death.

1) 1. Group discussion: What do you believe celebrities bring to the...
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