The Sandman Lesson Plan

Romanticism — An International Movement

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will be able to trace the development of ideas pertinent to the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7-8.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7-8.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7-8.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.8 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.6

Structure:

The teacher should begin by opening a discussion about the characteristics of Romanticism (they can scaffold from the two homework assignments in order to do so). What are some of the most important ideas of Romantic writers? Where were these ideas first...