Notes from Underground Lesson Plan

Critique of Today

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to write their own critique of an era.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1

Structure:

Start this activity with a Think-Pair-Share. Write the following question on the board: How does Dostoevsky critique 19th-century Russian society in Notes from Underground? Then, instruct students to spend a couple minutes writing their thoughts on this question. After that, have students share their thoughts with a partner. Finally, have a classwide discussion in response to the question. Make a list on the board of Dostoevsky’s critiques and the ways in...