Fahrenheit 451 Lesson Plan

Debating the World of Farenheit 451

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Students will be able to better understand Beatty's perspective through role-play

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1

Structure:

In today's section, Beatty lays out exactly why the book's world is the way that it is. It is a history lesson both for the reader and for Montag, who never knew this background before. Beatty is presented as an intelligent man who has thought about these issues, rather than swallowing them mindlessly, and who has decided that the current system is for the best. Montag's eyes are only just beginning to be opened up, but he...