The Ambassadors Lesson Plan

Film Screening: Henry James's The Europeans

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will compare and contrast different versions of the text across different media.

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 the first 50 or so minutes of the 1979 adaptation of Henry James's The Europeans (watchable here on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/europeans-the-1979-victorian-era-tv-movie-lee-remick-robin-ellis)

As they watch the film, students should take notes on the film and its similarities/differences in comparison with The...