A Thousand Splendid Suns Lesson Plan

The Importance of Education

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

To teach students about the roles of teachers in the text

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3

Structure:

Both Laila and Mariam, until they are married, are driven to pursue an education. Mariam wishes to be accepted as part of a community, and Laila has ambitions of intellectual self-improvement instilled by her father. Both women are guided by several teachers.

Hakim (or Babi) is a retired schoolteacher. He loves knowledge and believes that it is crucial that Laila finish school before she gets married. He tells her, "... a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated,...