Comparisons in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
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Theme: |
Before and After
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Grades: |
9 - 12
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Subject: |
English
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Duration: |
1 class period
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Standards
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California English-Language Arts Content Standards - Grade 10
3.0 Literary Response and Analysis
3.3 Analyze interactions between main and subordinate characters in a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the plot.
3.4 Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue and soliloquy.
California History-Social Science Content Standards - Grade 10
10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in at least two of the following regions or countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, China, India, Latin America and the Philippines.
3. Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term response by the people under colonial rule.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Compare the description of Okonkwo in the first and last chapters of the novel
- Cite evidence from the book to explain the changes
- Explore the connection between the changes in Okonkwo and colonization in Nigeria
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