The Three Musketeers Lesson Plan

Making Our Way to the City of Lights

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

To more fully illustrate the environment in which the story takes place.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2

Structure:

This is a relatively freeform activity. The teacher should pull up Google Maps or Google Earth and, with the help of a projector, help introduce students to the geographic contours of modern-day France. He/she can highlight regions like Gascogny and towns like Meung, all the while showing students the distance of these places from cities like Paris. If possible, a significant portion of attention should go towards showing students the layout of Paris, but...