Purple Hibiscus Lesson Plan

Feminists

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

To analyze Purple Hibiscus from a feminist perspective

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1

Structure:

Have students watch Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED talk, "We Should All Be Feminists." In addition to being informative and interesting, this talk was sampled in one of Beyonce's songs, Flawless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc.

In particular, have students focus on these quotes:

(1) "I am angry. Gender as it functions today is a grave injustice. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change, but in addition to being angry, I’m also hopeful...