This Lesson Plan makes use of the second edition of Lies My Teacher Told Me, first published in 2007. The chapters of this edition have not been updated in the third and most recent edition of the book, which only offers a new introduction.
The thought questions in this lesson plan provide material and ideas that students can use to write short original essays and to develop their powers of analysis.
The questions provided for the final paper are most suitable for student essays. For the sake of improving students' written expression, teachers should encourage students to write on topics that have been discussed in class, this time in the more formal writing style expected in a literary...
