Day 2

Native Son Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    #Hammer&Sickle

    Kind of Activity:

    Technology

    Objective:

    To imagine how Jan's work with the Communist Party would have been different in the age of the internet

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RIT.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RIT.11-12.6

    Structure:

    Have the students break up into groups of 4-6 and each create their own social media campaign for the Communist Party USA. The students should base their campaign on information from the text (e.g., what Mary and Jan tell Bigger about Communism), but should also feel free to do some research about the Communist Party at the time and what their recruitment methods would have looked...

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