Dracula Lesson Plan

Discussion: Really, How Sexist Could a 500-Year-Old Corpse Be?

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

Students will explore important themes in the text through the lens of contemporary popular culture.

Common Core Standards:

CSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

This activity has two parts. In the first part, students should organize themselves into groups of 2-3 people, and the teacher should give them this article as a handout:

https://thefword.org.uk/2009/09/feminism_and_th/

The handout should also be...