A Raisin in the Sun Lesson Plan

Poitier/Glover/Combs

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will be able to compare and contrast different interpretations of the play

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

Structure:

Show students Act 3 from three different filmed versions of A Raisin in the Sun:

• The 1961 film starring Sidney Poitier and Claudia MacNeil, directed by Daniel Petrie
• The 1989 "American Playhouse" TV version, starring Danny Glover and Esther Rolle, directed by Bill Duke
• The 2008 ABC TV version, starring Sean Combs and Phylicia Rashad, directed by Kenny Leon

Discuss the choices the different actors and directors...