Teaching The Winds of War | Daily Lessons

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: Chapters 1, 2 and 3 "The Winds of War" is a fictional account of the Henry family's experiences immediately preceding World War II. This novel falls into the genre of historical fiction. Historical fiction is a style in which authors attempt to capture the essence of a particular era by inserting fictional characters into a setting that may include historically accurate persons, events and social...
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