For this section, students should read Chapters VII-XII of Candide.
Common Core Objectives
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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Chapter VII
Candide follows the old woman from the previous chapter, and she treats his wounds. He recovers his strength, then asks the old woman why she has been so generous to him. In response, she takes him out into the country to an isolated house, where, to his utter shock, Candide is...