The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights Lesson Plan

Presentations: Orientalism in Contemporary Pop Culture

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will increase their understanding of subjects related to the reading and hone their presentation and research skills.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.6

Structure:

A group of students (consisting of 3-5 people) will be asked to present the fruits of their research about a particular instance of orientalism in contemporary American pop culture. As the teacher may recall from the introduction to Prezi and research databases in the first class, each group is required to make a presentation using...