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Lesson 1 (from November 12, 2003, to November 21, 2003)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to examine the importance Black puts on dreams, and why he believes they are so important. Black believes that men like his father and his character Jacob in Don't Cry for Me were never allowed to dream. That influenced what they expected from life and from their sons.
Lesson
Class Discussion: How was Black's father not allowed to dream about the future and make his future his own? How did Black's father have to follow a pattern set by his father and his father's father before him? How is Jacob portrayed? Did Jacob have an opportunity to create his own future? What was modeled for him about being a man and what a man does? How did those expectations not leave any room for Jacob to have and pursue dreams? Why was the inability to dream so detrimental to the...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(e), 9-10.7, 11-12.3(e), 11-12.7
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