Read Part One, Chapters I - III.
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
Part One, Chapter I
Young student Raskolnikov sneaks out of his apartment to avoid meeting his landlady. He makes his way toward the pawnbroker Alyona Ivanovna, lost in dismal thoughts about his circumstances. Raskolnikov’s debts way heavily on him, a condition he finds insulting to someone of his intelligence. Despite his revulsion...