The Devil in the White City Lesson Plan

Creative Representations of Characters

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will analyze and evaluate the representations of one of the individuals in the book, select a means of creatively representing the individual's personality, and demonstrate their creative representation to the class.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.5

Structure:

In portraying the many varied individuals that come in and out of the lives of the main characters and the White City itself, Larson tells countless anecdotes and uses extensive imagery to demonstrate the vast differences in the characters' personalities and their...