Madame Bovary Lesson Plan

Film Screening: Madame Bovary (1949), Pt. II

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will continue to explore the historical background surrounding the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

For this exercise, students should watch the remainder of the 1949 adaptation of Madame Bovary (watchable here on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/429796076)

As before, students should take notes and consider a few questions as they watch the film. They will be asked the same questions during the following class discussion:

1. What were the main arguments for and against Flaubert's...