A Modest Proposal and Other Satires Lesson Plan

Satire Today

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

To ask students to explore the ways in which satire is used today through searching and viewing digital media

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.2; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.5; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.1

Structure:

Split the classroom into small groups of about four students. Assign each group a leading outlet which uses satire and whose material can be accessed online. Excellent examples include The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, archived episodes of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Saturday Night Live, The Onion, The Colbert Report, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Remind students that they need...