Lesson Plan Title : Another Visit for Gulliver
Age Range: Grade 9 through Grade 12 (High School Level)
Overview and Purpose : "Out with the old, in with the new"� This will be a chance for a diverse group of students to work collectively toward a common goal, as they create a new tribe for Gulliver to get to know!
Objective:The student will be able to compare the places that Gulliver visited and create a new people for him to visit.
Resources:
Poster board for each pair of students
Markers/crayons/colored pencils
Teacher created worksheet
Activities:
Have the students work together in pairs to compare the Lilliputians, Brobdingnagians, Laputans, and the Houyhnhnms. (See the sample worksheet below.) Review the worksheet and then have each group create a new group of people for Gulliver to visit. They can make a poster about their people that includes all the categories on the worksheet. Ask each group to share their poster.
Sample chart:
Compare
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Lilliputians
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Brobdingnagians
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Laputans
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Houyhnhnms
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Student's Creation
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Physical features
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Government
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Treatment of Gulliver
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Closure:
Continue this lesson by having students write a short story to go along with the poster they have created.