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
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Analyze Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s reasoning for breaking unjust laws and make connections back to Antigone.
Non-Fiction Text: “Excerpt of 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Build background knowledge about Greek theater and tragedy.
Standards
RI.9-10.2SL.9-10.1
Analyze how Sophocles uses characterization to introduce the major conflict of the play.
RL.9-10.3
Analyze Creon's use of rhetorical appeals.
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.5
Analyze the first choral ode and make connections to the podcast episode "Death Interrupted."
RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.3RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4
Evaluate Antigone's argument for reasoning, rhetorical appeals, and logical fallacies.
RI.9-10.8RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4
RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.5RI.9-10.9RL.9-10.6
Evaluate the credibility of sources about a global figure who practiced civil disobedience.
W.9-10.7W.9-10.8
Write about the challenges and achievements of a global figure who practiced civil disobedience.
W.9-10.2W.9-10.4W.9-10.5W.9-10.7W.9-10.8
Present about a global figure's civil disobedience and engage in a small group discussion.
SL.9-10.1.aSL.9-10.1.cSL.9-10.1.dSL.9-10.4SL.9-10.6
Analyze the theme of fate in a choral ode.
RI.9-10.2RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4
Evaluate Creon's leadership by synthesizing an informational text with Antigone.
RI.9-10.2RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4
Analyze how Emma Watson persuades her audience using delivery techniques, as well as rhetorical appeals and devices.
RI.9-10.6W.9-10.1
Analyze Antigone as a tragic hero.
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4SL.9-10.1
Analyze Creon as a tragic hero.
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.
RL.9-10.6RL.9-10.7
Analyze the role of the chorus in Antigone in Ferguson.
Analyze the role of catharsis in Antigone in Ferguson and brainstorm an adaptation of Antigone.
RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.3
Engage in a Socratic seminar about Antigone by supporting arguments with strong textual evidence.
SL.9-10.1SL.9-10.1.aSL.9-10.1.bSL.9-10.1.cSL.9-10.1.dSL.9-10.4
Analyze Rita Pierson's Ted Talk "Every kid needs a champion" and brainstorm a topic for the performance task speech.
RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.6W.9-10.1.aW.9-10.5
Conduct credible research to appeal to ethos and logos in a speech.
Draft a persuasive speech using rhetorical appeals and devices.
L.9-10.3W.9-10.1.aW.9-10.1.bW.9-10.1.cW.9-10.1.e
Provide peer feedback on written speech and delivery.
SL.9-10.4SL.9-10.6W.9-10.1W.9-10.10W.9-10.4W.9-10.5
Deliver a speech to persuade an audience.
SL.9-10.3SL.9-10.4SL.9-10.6
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