Far from the Madding Crowd Lesson Plan

Hardy's Wessex

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will use technology to conduct research and virtually explore Hardy's Wessex, England.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3

Structure:

In his novels and poems, Thomas Hardy frequently chose the setting of Wessex, England. Wessex is neither an entirely fictional place nor an entirely nonfictional place. Rather, it is what Hardy called "a merely realistic dream-country." "Wessex" is the term Hardy gave to a number of adjoining counties in the southwest region of England. In Hardy's Wessex, some places are given their real name, like Bath, but others are...