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A Raisin in the Sun Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou: This novelistic autobiography tells the story of Angelou's youth, with a focus on racial prejudice in the United States in the 1930s and 40s.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: This novel explores racism in the South through the eyes of a white girl whose father, a trial lawyer, defends a black man falsely accused of rape.

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen: This Norwegian domestic drama from the late 19th Century is about a young wife who slowly comes to realize that the dynamics of her marriage has trapped her in an impossible situation. This play was groundbreaking in exploring the oppression of women.

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