Touching Spirit Bear Lesson Plan

Exploring Morality Versus Law

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

Students will research different perspectives about morality, investigate how ideas about morality become laws, and discuss the similarities and differences between what is moral and what is legal.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.2

Structure:

Going into reading Touching Spirit Bear, it is important for students to understand where laws come from in our societies and what they represent about shared cultural values and beliefs. In general, laws indicate to individuals in society what types of...