Wide Sargasso Sea Lesson Plan

Historical Context: The Caribbean

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will learn about historical context for Wide Sargasso Sea.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

Structure:

Though students may glean enough information from the text to understand the political situation in the Caribbean (more specifically, Jamaica and Dominica, the islands on which the novel is set) within the context of the story, more research should be conducted in order to effectively critique the novel as a work of post-colonial literature. Students may already have a number of questions about what exactly is happening in Wide Sargasso Sea,...