Hillbilly Elegy Lesson Plan

Critiques of Hillbilly Elegy

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to consider and evaluate criticism of the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.8; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.3

Structure:

Hillbilly Elegy was published in 2016 in the midst of a US Presidential election in which white working class voters were an important voting block; after the unexpected election of Donald Trump as President, Hillbilly Elegy not only reached the top of the best seller lists but became required summer reading for many universities. It was heralded by some as an intimate...