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Researching Historical References
Kind of Activity:
Research
Objective:
Students will research historical references in Dubliners
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.9 ; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4
Structure:
While all of Dubliners is rife with allusions, the stories for Day 4 are particularly grounded in a historical time and place. In this activity, students, working in groups, will conduct in-class research and put together brief presentations, including relevant images or other digital media, on some of the references made in the Day 4 stories. After forming groups, have students choose from the following topics:
- Irish Home Rule Movement
- Nationalism,...
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