Day 3

Notes of a Native Son Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    "...this invention expressed and corroborated their hates and fears": Passion and the Distortion of Fact in "Notes of a Native Son"

    Kind of Activity:

    Performance

    Objective:

    Students will examine themes from Baldwin's text in a modern context by presenting an analysis of a polarized modern issue.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.6

    Structure:

    Begin this activity by referring students to the following passage in part III of "Notes of a Native Son": “The...

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