Day 2

In the Penal Colony Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Separate but Equal?

    Kind of Activity:

    Performance

    Objective:

    Understand the historical context behind penal colonies and critically evaluate the intersection of justice and politics

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.6

    Structure:

    Kafka had no problem illustrating and lampooning the laws of full-fledged nations—one of his most famous works, The Trial, does exactly this. In "In the Penal Colony," though, Kafka made a deliberate choice to locate the peculiar "judicial system" of the Old Commandant's machine in a penal colony, separate from its unnamed parent nation. This invites the question: are there...

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