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Download full textRinetti, Carolyn – 2000
This lesson plan, featuring the epic, "Beowulf," employs the introduction-quotation exchange to monitor student comprehension while reading the epic. A second exercise, also dealing with reading comprehension, requires students to keep an historical evidence journal and fill out an historical evidence chart. The lesson plan features a…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Epics, Foreign Countries, Medieval History
Rinetti, Carolyn – 1999
This two day lesson plan for middle school students examines Marco Polo's travels and trade during the Middle Ages. The unit consists of four activities: (1) journal entry/brainstorming; (2) lecture on trade items of the Middle Ages and Marco Polo; (3) simulation of Marco Polo's Journey; and (4) a writing assignment. It provides step-by-step…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Cultural Exchange, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
