Daily Lessons for Teaching Washington's Crossing

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: "Washington's Crossing" is a history of the American Revolutionary War covering the span between the summer,1776, and the winter of early 1777. Author David Hackett Fischer has received numerous awards and much recognition for his work. The objective of Daily Lesson #1 is to consider why Mr. Fischer's work has earned such achievement.

1) Task #1 - Small Group Activity: Divide the class into small groups...
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