"The Shroud" and Other Short Stories Lesson Plan

What Does Caste Look Like?

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will use technology to explore the themes of Premchand's stories while creating compelling and persuasive visual designs.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.6

Structure:

For this activity, students will be tasked with creating a visual representation of India's caste system.

Each student should then get onto a desktop or a laptop computer. Students will work on Adobe Spark to create these designs, but they will probably need to become acquainted with the software before getting...