Alas, Babylon Lesson Plan

Judging Randy

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will engage with the novel's moral perspective

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.2

Structure:

In the first chapters of the novel, Randy knows about the nuclear threat, but he chooses to share that information with a few people. This assignment will ask students to litigate Randy's decisions.

Break the class into three groups: the prosecutors, the defenders, and the judges.

Ask members of the class to remind everyone of the situation in which Randy finds himself. Point out...