Native Son Lesson Plan

Know Your Rights

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

To engage with Wright's work as a protest novel, and engage with an examination of events depicted and compare them with the law.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1

Structure:

Be warned that this activity examines and discusses a traumatic series of events: the bombing of the Boston marathon, and the subsequent manhunt for the perpetrators.

It is important to engage with the historical context of Native Son, but also to engage with how it is still relevant today, especially in regard to its status as a protest novel. One aspect that bears contemporary...