Dubliners Lesson Plan

Researching Historical References

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will research historical references in Dubliners

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.9 ; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4

Structure:

While all of Dubliners is rife with allusions, the stories for Day 4 are particularly grounded in a historical time and place. In this activity, students, working in groups, will conduct in-class research and put together brief presentations, including relevant images or other digital media, on some of the references made in the Day 4 stories. After forming groups, have students choose from the following topics:

• Irish Home Rule Movement
• Nationalism,...