If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will write fiction from the point of view of a character in the play to explore style, tone, characterization, and creativity.
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Students will engage in supportive and sensitive discussions of difficult material including racism, colonization, sexism, violence, sexual assault, and trauma.
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Students will research the relevant, contemporary issues raised in the play and develop their ability to discern valid, credible sources from unreliable ones.
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Students will experience, discuss, and research nonverbal modes of expression, including...