Teacher Guide

Benito Cereno Lesson Plan

Notes to the Teacher

The teacher may want to consider warning students about the deep themes of racism and slavery beforehand in the case that these may be sensitive or triggering topics. Take particular care to advise students that mutual respect and understanding are of the utmost importance in classroom discussions about race and America's legacy of slavery.

The thought questions in this lesson plan provide material and ideas that students can use to write short original essays and to develop their powers of analysis.

The questions provided for the final paper are most suitable for student essays. For the sake of improving students' written expression, teachers should encourage students to write on topics...

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