Madame Butterfly Lesson Plan

Opera and Race

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

In this activity, students will read an article about Opera's 'Old Fashioned Race Problem' and upload a written response to an online shared platform for the class.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1

Structure:

Students should begin by reading the following article from The Atlantic:

Opera's Old Fashioned Race Problem

They should consider the following guiding questions as they read, making notes of relevant passages in the text.

1. What is The Mikado and how does it present similar problems to Madama Butterfly?

2. How do the author's respond to the argument that "The Mikado’s over-the-top...