Blood Relations Lesson Plan

Meet the Borden Family

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Through collaboratively creating a family tree, the class will begin to answer the question: Who were the Bordens in real life, and what does this information have to do with the double murder case and Sharon Pollock's play?

Structure:

For this activity, the class will collaborate to make a family tree, or directory of characters, filled in with the Borden family as well as any non-relatives who were relevant to the story. There is much room for creativity in the design of this family tree; for instance, it may be made large and visually appealing, and then posted on the wall for continued...