Teacher Guide

Twelve Years a Slave Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

  1. 1

    Students will evaluate the role of memoir in the context of political and social issues.

  2. 2

    Students, through research and classroom discussion, will be able to place the work in its social and historical context, and clearly explain its significance in the pre-Civil War United States as well as continued contemporary resonance.

  3. 3

    In both writing and classroom discussion, students will cite textual evidence to support opinions on the meaning and significance of the text.

  4. 4

    Students will build vocabulary using different techniques, including...

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