Day 8

Paradise Lost Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Film Screening: The Tragedy of Man

    Kind of Activity:

    Classwide Discussion

    Objective:

    Students will broaden their knowledge about the themes of 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 two sections of the recent animated adaptation of Imre Mádach's The Tragedy of Man (a spin-off, of sorts, of Paradise Lost). The first section of the film, from 00:00:00 to 00:44:35, focuses on the Fall of Man and Adam's subsequent request to Satan to show him what will come of his descendants' striving in the world; the second part, from 02:29:18 until...

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