Day 2

Shantaram Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    How to Live in the Slum

    Kind of Activity:

    Creative Writing

    Objective:

    To examine slum life and think about what Lin has learned about survival there

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5

    Structure:

    Instruct students to imagine they are Lin and are writing a guidebook to successful living in the slum. Each student should create a guide, whether using PowerPoint, crafting something out of paper by hand, or formatting a printable pamphlet in a word processing program. What instructions would they give for surviving daily life in the slum? What are the unspoken (or spoken) rules there? Are there important mindsets to approach life...

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