Under the Banner of Heaven Lesson Plan

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...