An Ideal Husband Lesson Plan

The Inspiration for "An Ideal Husband"

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to engage with the theme of corruption and to relate it to the present

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.2 CCSS CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.C

Structure:

The purpose of this lesson is to provide historical context for An Ideal Husband and to make it relevant to the present era.

1. The teacher should reach the following short paragraph to the class:

Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish politician (27 June 1846 - 6 October 1891) who was an extremely powerful Anglo-Irish man in the House of Commons. He was deeply...