Around the World in 80 Days Lesson Plan

British India

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will acquire a deeper of India under British colonization, which is the setting for todays section of the novel.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.7

Structure:

In today's section of the novel, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout travel across India. India at the time was a colony under British rule (or most of India was, anyway). Today we are going to learn more about how India was in the 19th century, when it was under British rule.

Divide the class into five groups. Assign each group one...