The Devil in the White City Lesson Plan

Students read Part IV: Cruelty Revealed and Epilogue: The Last Crossing.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.5
   Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.9
   Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4
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