If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will be able to understand Lily Bart's character, motivations, and limitations.
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Students will be able to write creatively in response to themes and topics in the novel.
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Students will be able to understand the Gilded Age as a backdrop for the actions of the plot and the characters.
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Students will be able to research primary sources from the time of the novel's setting and access images of historic collections.
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Students will be able to produce writing based on inferences from the text and from characters' spoken and unspoken...
