The American Lesson Plan

Americans in Paris: Part II

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to relate Christopher Newman in the novel to the tradition of cultural exchange between the United States and Paris

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.2

Structure:

As a class, watch the video of historian and author David McCullough speaking to an audience at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. about his book The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. (You can find the video on YouTube at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdyBdCTo_SQ. McCullough’s talk is roughly 45 minutes long, with a...