Broken April Lesson Plan

Discussion: On Balkanism

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will explore the historical and literary background behind the text.

Common Core Standards:

N/A

Structure:

This activity has two parts. In the first part, students should organize themselves into groups of 2-3 people, and the teacher should have them read the following essay:

1. "Westsplaining the Balkans" - https://balkaninsight.com/2017/09/15/westsplaining-the-balkans-09-11-2017/

Once the class has finished reading, the teacher should hand out a worksheet with the following questions to each of the students, and then break them up into groups so that they can work together to...