The Lion and the Jewel Lesson Plan

Lakunle vs. Baroka

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Students will be able to delve into the philosophical positions of the characters

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3

Structure:

Divide students into two teams: one is Team Lakunle, and the other is Team Baroka.

Each of these men has already, at this point in the play, expressed a very specific perspective and vision for how life should be lived in Ilunjile. Ask each team to come up with series of two-minute speeches that express their team characters' perspectives on the following subjects:

1) What education is for

2) What it means to be...