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Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart: Oral and Literary Strategies Lesson PlanChinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart: Oral and Literary Strategies Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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2010
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Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart: Oral and Literary Strategies

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Readers are first introduced to Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart by making a map of Africa. They will better understand the novel's historical and literary contexts, European and African literary traditions, and how historical events are represented in fiction.

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CCSS: Adaptable

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things fall apart, chinua achebe, african culture, nigeria

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things fall apart, english language arts

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Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.5 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.8 RH.9-10.9 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.5 RH.11-12.6 RH.11-12.8 RH.11-12.9 RH.11-12.10 WHST.9-10.1.a WHST.9-10.2.a WHST.9-10.4 WHST.9-10.5 WHST.9-10.8 WHST.9-10.10 WHST.11-12.1.a WHST.11-12.2.a WHST.11-12.4 WHST.11-12.5 WHST.11-12.8 WHST.11-12.10

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