Rhinoceros Lesson Plan

Primeval Integrity

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will be able to delve more deeply into the rhinoceros as a metaphor for fascism

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.8, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2

Structure:

Continue discussing with students how the rhinoceros metaphor has evolved. There's now an ethical dimension to it: Berenger argues that one needs to be human to reason morally, and Jean argues that there exists a "primeval integrity" before he becomes a rhinoceros, and that that itself may be more moral. Review the vocabulary word with the students, and then ask what they think Jean means by "primeval integrity."

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