Salome Lesson Plan

Family Therapy for Royals: Psychoanalysis of Salome

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will examine Salome's family through a modern psychosocial lens.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9

Structure:

For this activity, students will take on the role of family therapist to Herod, Herodias, and Salome. Suggested instructions to students are as follows:

Observe Herod and Herodias in conversation in the moments leading up to Herod's...