All the Light We Cannot See Lesson Plan

Blindness

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will learn about the experience of blindness, try to mimic the experience of navigating while blind, and write about the experience.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10

Structure:

Before beginning the partner portion of this activity, lead the class in a brief discussion or lecture about congenital cataracts and the experience of going progressively blind. If students are already familiar with this information, simply have them research the particular condition Marie-Laure has (bilateral congenital cataracts), discuss what her visual perception of the world would have...