Prometheus Bound Lesson Plan

Finish the Story: Day 2

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will imagine how the other two plays in the Prometheus trilogy might have continued.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3

Structure:

This is part two of a three day activity.

Remind students that Prometheus Bound is only the first part of a three-play sequence--it ends basically where it begins, with Prometheus suffering, chained to rock. The next two plays are theorized to have been called Prometheus Unbound and Prometheus the Fire-Bearer.

For this activity, break students into small groups and ask them to research the myth of Prometheus in order to imagine what might happen in...