Hillbilly Elegy Lesson Plan

Cycle of Poverty

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to think critically about the the central argument presented in the text by evaluating other view points.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.2; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.6; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.9; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.D

Structure:

In Hillbilly Elegy, JD Vance presents a picture of poverty among the white working class, the impacts of that poverty, and suggestions about what has to be done to address it. This activity gives the class and opportunity to...