Shantaram Lesson Plan

How to Live in the Slum

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

To examine slum life and think about what Lin has learned about survival there

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5

Structure:

Instruct students to imagine they are Lin and are writing a guidebook to successful living in the slum. Each student should create a guide, whether using PowerPoint, crafting something out of paper by hand, or formatting a printable pamphlet in a word processing program. What instructions would they give for surviving daily life in the slum? What are the unspoken (or spoken) rules there? Are there important mindsets to approach life...