Day 5

Dead Souls Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    The Book Was Better

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Work

    Objective:

    Students will compare a television miniseries adaptation of the novel with the original text.

    Structure:

    Although there are fairly few adaptations of Dead Souls out there, there is a five-part miniseries available, which originally aired in 1984. Luckily, the entire series is available on YouTube:

    Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=385ezj2KUc8
    Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ZiEXe5IsE
    Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KrJnSwI5hA
    Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3tF9MHbuvA
    Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Knf3VF1M8

    (Please note that closed...

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