The Man in the High Castle Lesson Plan

Dinner with the Kasouras

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

To examine in detail the symbolism and imagery in Robert's dinner at the Kasouras

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4

Structure:

Robert Childan's dinner at the Kasouras is full of interesting visual cues that communicate status and culture. Have students create an artistic response in order to better understand which elements hold particular narrative significance.

First, have students chose one or more (depending on their medium, they may choose to include them all) of the following elements of...