No Longer at Ease Lesson Plan

Mr. Green's Profile

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will be able to closely examine the character of Mr. Green - his beliefs, his actions, and his symbolic presence as an English colonizer.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5

Structure:

Students will create a Facebook profile for Mr. Green. Mr. Green represents a particular type of colonizer, who seems to want to help Africans, yet despises them at the same time.

Divide students into groups of 4-6. Have each group create all the elements needed for a Facebook profile for Mr. Green, using both evidence and inferences...