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Day 3

Under the Banner of Heaven Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    The fine lines separating creativity and insanity

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Work

    Objective:

    Students will complete a short research project to more deeply understand the intersection between creativity and insanity, in particular in Ron Lafferty's case.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.8, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5

    Structure:

    In Chapter 15, Krakauer includes the following excerpt from a text written by a psychiatrist: “The distress of chaos followed by the establishment of a...

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