Read Act One, Scene One.
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
Act One, Scene One
The play opens with Troy and Bono drinking and talking in Troy's yard. They talk about women and Troy's flirtation with a young woman named Alberta. Rose, Troy's wife, enters the yard from the kitchen, and she and Troy reminisce on how they met. Troy brags about his baseball prowess and laments the discrimination against...