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Sidi's Choice
Kind of Activity:
Classwide Discussion
Objective:
Students will be able to address and engage with a difficult subject in the text
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1
Structure:
The students have just read about a disturbing sequence of events. Baroka seduced Sidi with a vision of herself, and then he raped her. Rather than marry Lakunle, Sidi chose at the end of the play to become Baroka's last wife and bear his children, even though he had just committed this violent act against her. How do students understand this turn of events? How do they feel about it? Do they think Sidi's choice made sense? Do they understand why she might have made...
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