World Literature Lessons

 “The only purpose of education is freedom; the only method is experience.”  Leo Tolstoy

These are the lessons that I used when I taught World Literature.  The Lessons are arranged in Unit (big and small), and the Units are arranged - for the most part - chronologically as I taught them throughout the year.  I believe very strongly in the power of connections - and you will find (I hope) that the units are connected with bigger ideas that cross both political and literary boundaries.  Most, if not all, of my lessons are designed around the text being studied - with the upmost importance being given to the author's words.  I hope you find something useful.

An Introduction
Day 1 - "War" A Short Story by Luigi Pirandello
Day 2 - Poems & Songs before All Quiet
Day 3 - DeRomanticizing War & the guy on the back of the bus
Day 4 - It was a Good Day - All Quiet Opening Discussion
Day 5 - Men in a War - All Quiet Chapter 2 Group Work
Day 6 - Black Pudding - All Quiet Chapter 2-3(4) Vertext Discussion
Day 7 - The Equation (men & horses) - All Quiet Chapter 4 Discussion
Day 7.5 - Snow Softly Falling - All Quiet  Mini-Lesson (10 mins) - After Chapt. 4
Day 8 - Geese & Men - All Quiet Chapter 5 - Group Work
Day 9 - Luck & the Young Recruits - All Quiet Chapter 6 Part 1 - Row Reading Discussion
Day 10 - No Man's Land - All Quiet Chapter 6 Part 2 - Solo Work
Day 11 - A Loaf of Bread - All Quiet Chapter 7 Part 1 - Discussion
Day 12 - Talismans - All Quiet Chapter 7 Part 2 - Group Work
Day 13 - No Man's Home - All Quiet Chapt. 7 pt. 2 & Chapt. 8 - Vertext Discussion
Day 14 - Death of a Soldier - All Quiet Chapt. 9 - A Group Work (or Row Reading disc)
Day 15 - The Idyll - All Quiet Chapt. 9 & 10 pt. 1 - Row Reading Discussion
Day 16 - The Dying Room - All Quiet Chapt. 10 pt. 2 - Group Work
Day 17 - An Expression of Calm - All Quiet - A Closing Discussion
Day 18a - Children Playing Soldier - Grand Illusion Movie & Questions
Day 18b - Hail Fredonia - Duck Soup Movie & Questions (an alternate film)
Day 19a - No Man's Land - An All Quiet Essay on "Home"
Day 19b - Harmony of War - An All Quiet Creative Response Project
Day 20 - A Medley of All Quiet Illuminated Texts
Day 21 - An Exam for All Quiet on the Western Front