Last of the Mohicans Lesson Plan

Mission Rescue Alice: Plan B

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Students will reimagine a section of the narrative

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1

Structure:

Break the class into groups of 5 to 7. In each group, assign a role to each student. They can be Uncas, Heyward, Hawkeye, Alice, David, Chingachgook, or Munro. Some groups can not include the last two characters if class size restricts, since they don't weigh heavily in this section. Once everyone has their roles, instruct the students to come up with an alternative rescue plan as a team. Alice should play a role in this as well, for she may have some ideas of her...