Daily Lessons for Teaching When Nietzsche Wept

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: Chapter 1 The novel is told from the point of view of Josef Breuer. Readers meet him in the opening chapter. The objective of this lesson is for students to learn about Dr. Josef Breuer through direct and indirect characterization.

1) 1) Class Definitions: We learn about Josef Breuer in many ways. Already, we have opinions of him. What have we specifically been told about him?...
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