Description
Students take a step-by-step approach to the play and relate key issues to twenty-first century life. They analyze plot, characters, symbols, setting, and themes. They have opportunities to dramatize and role play scenes from the play. They discuss study guide questions and participate in several compare/contrast activities. They create alternative endings for the play.Supplementary materials include culminating activities, an objective test with answer key, and a study guide with answer keys. This unit includes 10 Lesson Plans / 20 Handouts / 78 Pages, aligned toCommon Core standards, grades 9-12, high school.span style=”font-size: large;”Literary/spanp class=”literary-form”World Dramaspan style=”font-size: large;”21st-Century Skills/spanCollaborationCritical thinkingSocial and cross-cultural skillsProductivity and accountabilityspan style=”font-size: large;”Overview/spanThis 1879 drama initiated a new chapter in women’s history.A Doll’s/emdemonstrates the stifling effects of patriarchal society in the context of what seems to be a happy family. Compressed time and precise symbols function to introduce characteristics of modern drama.span style=”color: #ff0000;”Check out the Additional Info Section for the Common Core English Language Arts Standards./span
