Read the entire Nobel Lecture.
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7
Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Toni Morrison’s Nobel Lecture
Morrison’s lecture includes an explanation and analysis of an old fable. In the fable, an old, blind, wise woman is approached by a group of young people who want to trick her. Because she is blind, they think they...
