Flannery O'Connor's Stories Lesson Plan

Racism in Literature: O'Connor's "Everything That Rises Must Converge" and Other Stories

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

Students will explore stereotypes and cultural prejudices in literature.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2

Structure:

Warning: There are explicit images in Kara Walker's art. Consider students' 

Show students the PBS 21 episode about Kara Walker, a Black artist responding to the history of the South: http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/kara-walker

Facilitate an honest and respectful discussion about Walker's art, the legacy of Jim Crow, and racism in today's society.

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