To a Mouse Lesson Plan

Historical Research Project

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will conduct a research project on a historical aspect of the poem or its context.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.A, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.B

Structure:

Students should pick one aspect of the text about which to execute a research project. Since "To A Mouse" is set in rural Scotland in 1785, students may benefit from exploring the world in which the speaker would have lived and worked.

Students should form small groups (no more than four students per group) and conduct in-depth...