Fahrenheit 451 Lesson Plan

CAVEs and The Cave

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will be able to situate Bradbury in relationship with Plato and modern technologies

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7

Structure:

In the "Allegory of the Cave," Plato writes of men who stare at shadows on the wall, unaware that the shadows are barely representative of the real world - they are trying to imagine a boot when all they can see is a footprint.

Have your students read the Allegory. The connection between Plato and Fahrenheit 451 is not obvious but evocative, so begin by opening the floor—how do the students think these works...