Pilgrim's Progress Lesson Plan

Victorian Illustrators

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will explore Victorian illustrations of scenes from The Pilgrim's Progress.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.2

Structure:

The Pilgrim's Progress was an important work during the Victorian era, as it was widely used for children's moral instruction. Discuss this with students, then tell them that they will view illustrations of the scenes from Pilgrim's Progress made by Victorian artists David Scott and William Bell Scott in 1887.

On shared computers in small groups, tell students to explore these illustrations on the Victorian Web. After viewing each...