The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat Lesson Plan

Investigating Neurological Disorders, Part 2

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will conduct research on other neurological writings Sacks discusses in the book and will present their findings to the class.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.8, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.4

Structure:

Building off the Day 2 activity in which students researched neurological disorders and Sacks's analysis of those disorders, students will now examine the other books mentioned in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (such as A.R. Luria's The Man With a Shattered World)....