Curriculum / ELA / 10th Grade / Unit 3: "I was born to join in love, not hate—that is my nature": Civil Disobedience in Antigone / Lesson 6

"I was born to join in love, not hate—that is my nature": Civil Disobedience in Antigone

Lesson 6

ELA

Unit 3

10th Grade

Lesson 6 of 23

Lesson Overview

Objective

Analyze Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s reasoning for breaking unjust laws and make connections back to Antigone.

Readings and Materials

Non-Fiction Text: “Excerpt of 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Lesson Notes

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Lesson Map

Lesson

Build background knowledge about Greek theater and tragedy.

Materials

“An Introduction to Greek Theatre”
“An Introduction to Greek Tragedy”
“The Legend of Oedipus”
Antigone's Family Tree

Standards

RI.9-10.2SL.9-10.1

Lesson

Analyze how Sophocles uses characterization to introduce the major conflict of the play.

Materials

Antigone pp. 59–66 — lines 1–179

Standards

RL.9-10.3

Lesson

Analyze Creon's use of rhetorical appeals.

Materials

Antigone pp. 67–75 — lines 179–376

Standards

RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.5

Lesson

Analyze the first choral ode and make connections to the podcast episode "Death Interrupted."

Materials

Antigone pp. 76–78 — lines 376–424
“Death Interrupted”

Standards

RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.3RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4

Lesson

Evaluate Antigone's argument for reasoning, rhetorical appeals, and logical fallacies.

Materials

Antigone pp. 78–90 — lines 425–655

Standards

RI.9-10.8RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4

Lesson

Analyze Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s reasoning for breaking unjust laws and make connections back to Antigone.

Materials

“Excerpt of 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'”

Standards

RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.5RI.9-10.9RL.9-10.6

Lesson

Writing

Evaluate the credibility of sources about a global figure who practiced civil disobedience.

Materials

Antigone Research Prompt and Rubric (G10, U3, L7–8)

Standards

W.9-10.7W.9-10.8

Lesson

Writing

Write about the challenges and achievements of a global figure who practiced civil disobedience.

Materials

Antigone Research Prompt and Rubric (G10, U3, L7–8)

Standards

W.9-10.2W.9-10.4W.9-10.5W.9-10.7W.9-10.8

Lesson

Present about a global figure's civil disobedience and engage in a small group discussion.

Standards

SL.9-10.1.aSL.9-10.1.cSL.9-10.1.dSL.9-10.4SL.9-10.6

Lesson

Analyze the theme of fate in a choral ode.

Materials

Antigone pp. 91–92 — lines 656–704
“Free Will”

Standards

RI.9-10.2RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4

Lesson

Evaluate Creon's leadership by synthesizing an informational text with Antigone.

Materials

Antigone pp. 93–101 — lines 705–899
“How to lead in a crisis”

Standards

RI.9-10.2RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4

Lesson

Analyze how Emma Watson persuades her audience using delivery techniques, as well as rhetorical appeals and devices.

Materials

“Emma Watson's UN Speech on Gender Equality”
“Emma Watson's UN Speech on Gender Equality”

Standards

RI.9-10.6W.9-10.1

Lesson

Analyze Antigone as a tragic hero.

Materials

Antigone pp. 102–107 — lines 900–1034

Standards

RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4SL.9-10.1

Lesson

Analyze Creon as a tragic hero.

Materials

Antigone — pp. 110–117, lines 1090–1238, pp. 119–128, lines 1272–1470

Standards

RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4SL.9-10.1

Lesson

Analyze the director's purpose in creating Antigone in Ferguson and make connections between the events of the play and Michael Brown's death in 2014.

Materials