The Wretched of the Earth Lesson Plan

Fanon and the Modern Classroom

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will write a film review of Luce (2019) with a focus on the film's treatment of Fanon.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9

Structure:

For this activity, students will watch the film Luce (2019), in which a high school student disturbs his teacher and parents by writing a violent essay from the perspective of Frantz Fanon.

To set themselves up well for the written assignment later in the activity, students...