Gulliver's Travels Lesson Plan

Jonathan Swift

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

To provide the biographical and historical context necessary to understand ITALIC[Gulliver’s Travels] as a work of political and social satire.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.3 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6

Structure:

“Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own, which is the chief reason so few are offended by it.” – Jonathan Swift

Spend 10-15 minutes introducing the students to Jonathan Swift as a historical figure and writer, focusing in particular on his writings as a satirist. This website might be a good starting point for information...