Curriculum / ELA / 12th Grade / Unit 3: Beyond the Boundaries: Intersectionality, Nonconformity, and Female Friendship in Sula / Lesson 2
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Gain background knowledge about Sula by exploring a text set on The Great Migration, Jim Crow laws in the North, urban renewal, African American service during WWI, and Toni Morrison's legacy.
Article: “Visualizing the Great Migration” by MoMA
Article: “The Forgotten Northern Origins of Jim Crow” by Steve Luxenberg
Video: “Urban renewal destroyed a Black neighborhood. Now, former residents are keeping its memory alive” by PBS News Hour
Map: Renewing Inequality: Urban Renewal, Family Displacements, and Race 1950-1966
Video: “African Americans and World War I | The Great War” by PBS Learning
Video: “Remembering Toni Morrison, An Iconic American Author | NYT News” by The New York Times
Photo: Are they equal in the eyes of the law?
Photo: Please let your light shine on me
Article: “The Radical Vision of Toni Morrison” by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
Resource: Sula Background Knowledge Text Set Handout (G12, U3, L2)
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Understand intersectionality and its importance.
Standards
RI.11-12.2RI.11-12.4RI.11-12.6
RI.11-12.7SL.11-12.2
Analyze the narrator's tone in the prologue of Sula.
RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5RL.11-12.6
Analyze how Morrison uses diction and point of view to illustrate Shadrack's state of mind.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.6
Analyze the impact of warfare in the poem "Facing It" and make connections to Sula.
Analyze the impact of mothers on their daughters in Sula.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3
Analyze how Morrison develops themes about motherhood in Sula.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4
Analyze the poem "Black Mother Woman" by Audre Lorde for messages about maternal love and the influence of mothers on their daughters.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.4
Analyze Nel and Sula's friendship.
RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4
Analyze the impact of Chicken Little's death on Nel and Sula.
RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.6
Analyze themes about love or order in Sula.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.5
Brainstorm a scene's vivid details for a vignette writing exercise.
RL.11-12.4W.11-12.3.dW.11-12.5
Draft a vignette about a real or fictional moment using imagery and sensory details.
L.11-12.3W.11-12.10W.11-12.3.dW.11-12.4
Analyze the connection between identity and marriage.
RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5
Analyze bell hooks's ideas about the importance of loving friendships and make connections to Sula.
RI.11-12.2
Engage in a Socratic seminar about Part One of Sula by supporting arguments with strong textual evidence.
SL.11-12.1.aSL.11-12.1.bSL.11-12.1.cSL.11-12.1.dSL.11-12.4
Analyze the development of Sula's character and characters' reactions to Sula.
Analyze how Morrison uses structure, point of view, and symbolism to convey Nel's state of mind.
RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5RL.11-12.6
Analyze how Morrison further develops Sula's character.
Analyze how Morrison uses figurative language and symbolism to convey the impact of Ajax on Sula.
Analyze themes about good and evil in Sula.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.6
Analyze the impact of Sula's death on the townspeople and Shadrack.
Analyze how Morrison uses structure, tone, and symbolism to convey Nel's realizations.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5RL.11-12.6
Engage in a discussion about a character's ways of seeing the world, actions and choices, as well as their role within the novel.
RL.11-12.1RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.6SL.11-12.1SL.11-12.1.aSL.11-12.1.bSL.11-12.1.cSL.11-12.6W.11-12.1W.11-12.9
Write a strong thesis statement that demonstrates a deep understanding of a character from Sula and outline body paragraphs needed to support the thesis statement.
RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.6W.11-12.1.aW.11-12.1.bW.11-12.1.cW.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Write the body paragraphs of the character analysis essay, using smooth integration of evidence and language that ties the body paragraphs together.
W.11-12.1.aW.11-12.1.bW.11-12.1.cW.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Write a strong introduction and conclusion for the character analysis essay.
W.11-12.1.dW.11-12.1.eW.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Provide peer feedback and make revisions to the character analysis essay.
W.11-12.1W.11-12.4W.11-12.5
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