Unit three: The Environment
Essential Question: How does the environment affect my choices and me?
Stylistic focus: Detail
In this seven-week unit, students will examine how physical and social environments affect personal choices and the way one sees the world. Environments of wealth, status, race, and location all seem to play a huge role in how a character navigates through the world. Whether a character is deemed good or bad, the goal of this unit is to determine what laid origin to the character’s identity and place in the world.
Students will begin by reading Native Son and explore the complexities of poverty, race, and status. Discussions will revolve around the idea of being a victim of circumstance and how much justification one’s background gives to personal choices. Also, we discuss the theme of responsibility and examine the degrees of responsibility at both personal and societal levels.
Students will read “As You Like” It by William Shakespeare. Students will again engage in discussions about how environment shapes the characters’ actions, but students will also be asked to identify how language is used to mark the changes in environment and personality.
Stylistic focus: Detail
In this seven-week unit, students will examine how physical and social environments affect personal choices and the way one sees the world. Environments of wealth, status, race, and location all seem to play a huge role in how a character navigates through the world. Whether a character is deemed good or bad, the goal of this unit is to determine what laid origin to the character’s identity and place in the world.
Students will begin by reading Native Son and explore the complexities of poverty, race, and status. Discussions will revolve around the idea of being a victim of circumstance and how much justification one’s background gives to personal choices. Also, we discuss the theme of responsibility and examine the degrees of responsibility at both personal and societal levels.
Students will read “As You Like” It by William Shakespeare. Students will again engage in discussions about how environment shapes the characters’ actions, but students will also be asked to identify how language is used to mark the changes in environment and personality.