Gulliver's Travels Lesson Plan

Gulliver’s Travel Sketchbook: Day IV

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.L.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.3

Structure:

This entry should focus on Gulliver’s voyage to the land of the Houyhnhnms, exploring the geographic location itself, particular events, specific characters, and/or the general themes brought up in this section, including: the Yahoos and the Houynhms, particularly Gulliver’s masters; the mutiny on Gulliver’s ship; Gulliver’s descriptions of English politics and society; juxtapositions between Yahoos and humans; realizations...