Go Set a Watchman Lesson Plan

Watchman's Origins

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will discuss and learn about the controversy surrounding the novel's publication.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.8 ; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9

Structure:

Provide students with sources to explore the controversy that surrounded Go Set a Watchman when its publication was announced and immediately after it was published. Resources might include newspaper articles, clips from television news shows or YouTube, blog posts, radio pieces, etc. Options include:

Harper Collins press release regarding the "discovery" of the manuscript

Newsweek article promoting suspicions about the...