Day 2

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Meaning and Value (Day 1)

    Kind of Activity:

    Long-term Project

    Objective:

    Students will be able to work alongside Margaret on a long-term project that reflects their own personal values

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.1

    Structure:

    Mr. Benedict asks the students in Margaret's class to do a project about "something meaningful to them." Students (like teachers) might note that the instructions here seem a little vague, but Margaret is able to think about what is most important to her—questions of maturity (menstruation and wearing a bra, her attraction to Moose) and questions of religion, which is the topic she eventually chooses. Students will use Margaret's...

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