About This Lesson
This source is from the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse (http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/)
The purpose of Great Books is to engage students in higher-order thinking and collaborative problem
solving. It involves teachers focusing discussion on the
interpretation of a text and students participating as partners in
these discussions. The program includes both oral and written
activities designed to help students think and talk about the
multiple meanings of texts.
