A Passage to India Lesson Plan

Depicting India

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

To research and present a visual representation of scenes depicted in the novel

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.2; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

Structure:

Forster provides vivid visual descriptions of various scenes in the novel that inform our understanding of how the action is perceived Indians and British. This depiction is based to great extent on customs of India during the time of the British Raj. This activity gives students the opportunity to represent visually their understanding of scenes in the novel based on textual analysis and informed by...