Day 2

The Pillowman Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Art, Violence, and Influence

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Discussion

    Objective:

    Students will be able to consider one of the central questions that McDonagh poses with the play

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2

    Structure:

    For homework last night, students should have read at least one of several articles exploring some of the ways literature has inspired crimes:

    https://www.newsweek.com/nine-horrible-real-life-crimes-were-inspired-movie-or-novel-583828

    https://www.theodysseyonline.com/8-books-that-inspired-real-crimes

    https://www.britannica.com/list/5-good-books-that-inspired-bad-deeds

    The question of to what degree it's fair or...

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