Divine Comedy: Purgatorio Lesson Plan

Art Analysis: What Does Purgatory Look Like?

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will learn skills of visual analysis and use them to extend their understanding of the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

For this activity, the teacher should begin by sharing the following detail from the 1454 painting The Coronation of the Virgin: https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/painting-of-purgatory-1454#

Then, he/she should have students break up for individual work. Each student should then write a visual...