The Overcoat Lesson Plan

Recreating Nevsky Avenue

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will deepen their understanding of setting and its importance in a story.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

Structure:

In this activity, students will recreate Nevsky Avenue.

To begin the activity, explain to students that Nevsky Avenue is the Main Street in St. Petersburg, Russia. Pull up pictures of the modern day Nevsky Avenue and show students that it includes major sights like the Rastrelliesque Stroganov Palace, churches, a monument to Catherine the Great, and a huge 18th century shopping mall, not unlike what Gogol describes. Nevsky Avenue was also a popular...