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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-3)

Objective

The aim of this lesson is to introduce the book.

Lesson

1. Class discussion. What do the students already know about Marie Antoinette? What have people already written about her? What kind image does she have in popular culture? What do the students know about the author? What new things do they hope to learn about her life?

2. With the students look at the questions Erickson asks in the opening chapter. Divide the students into pairs and ask the students to write down five questions Erickson poses. After ten minutes, ask the students to swap their work with another pairs and provide solutions to the questions. After fifteen minutes compare the student's ideas and for each one ask what will have to happen in the story for these answers to come true.

3. With the students, brainstorm questions that will help them understand the book and the author...

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