Day 2

Warriors Don't Cry Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Late 1950s Research Project

    Kind of Activity:

    Research

    Objective:

    Students will research other major events in the late 1950s to gain an understanding of the historical context of the memoir

    Structure:

    This activity will help the students to better understand the coinciding global events discussed in the novel, using a range of media and technological tools. The students will be assigned different headlining news stories from the time and will prepare a short group presentation about their topic.

    Research (40 min)

    Divide the students into small groups and assign each group one of the topics below:

    * Sputnik

    * Nikita Khrushchev and the Kremlin

    * The Teamster Union...

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