Middlemarch Lesson Plan

Middlemarch Miniseries

Kind of Activity:

Mixed Media

Objective:

Students will analyze the differences of stories told through different forms of media.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7

Structure:

Following up on this Day 2 assignment, watch the fourth part of the 1994 miniseries Middlemarch. Students should take notes as they watch, paying special attention to differences between the miniseries and the book. After watching, compare the miniseries to the book as a class. Have students analyze why the director may have made certain choices. Are the characters the same in the miniseries as the book? What, if anything, is different about them? Have...