Gulliver's Travels Lesson Plan

Gulliver’s Travel Sketchbook: Day III

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

To depict the events and themes of Gulliver’s experiences in a different medium.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6

Structure:

To prepare for this classroom activity, students should not only read the assigned chapters in the book, but also create an artistic response as part of their ongoing travel journal/sketchbook/video series/etc. This entry should focus on Gulliver’s voyages to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan, exploring the geographic locations themselves, particular events, specific characters, and/or the general themes...