The Longest Memory Lesson Plan

The Longest Memory Blogs

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will record their reactions, questions, and make and evaluate predictions throughout the duration of the novel

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.10

Structure:

The majority of the book is set on a plantation in Virginia during the late 1700s and early 1800s. The book opens with a young slave getting whipped to death; in the third chapter, a sexual assault is depicted; there is biased language and violence sprinkled throughout. The violence portrayed in the novel may be disturbing or triggering to many students, and the teacher should warn the class...