Day 1

The Longest Memory Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    The Longest Memory Blogs

    Kind of Activity:

    Long-term Project

    Objective:

    Students will record their reactions, questions, and make and evaluate predictions throughout the duration of the novel

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.10

    Structure:

    The majority of the book is set on a plantation in Virginia during the late 1700s and early 1800s. The book opens with a young slave getting whipped to death; in the third chapter, a sexual assault is depicted; there is biased language and violence sprinkled throughout. The violence portrayed in the novel may be disturbing or triggering to many students, and the teacher should warn the class...

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