Introduce your class to the Greek tragedy with a study of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King. Learners examine the features of a Greek tragedy, Sophocles’ achievements and contributions, and the universal themes that make the drama an enduring classic. 

Concepts

tragic heroes, heroes, sophocles, antigone

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Additional Tags

greek tragedies, sophocles, structure of greek tragedy, tragic hero, hurbis, tragic flaw, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Extract from the packet those activities and resources that are appropriate for your classroom and plug them into a unit of your own design

Classroom Considerations

• Even though the unit plan is incomplete, the materials provided are of high quality and worth the download
• Included in the packet are sample lessons, discussion questions, assessments, vocabulary activities, and writing prompts with rubrics
• Although not all the lessons in the unit are included, the suggested ones are carefully scaffolded and the activities expand student understanding
• The unit exam follows the AP format

Pros

• Post-reading questions ask readers to make inferences, and provide evidence from the text to support their assertions
• Included in the packet are sample lessons, assessments, vocabulary activities, and writing prompts with rubrics.

Cons

• Only five lesson plan samples are included in the unit packet

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RI.9-10.5 W.9-10.2.b W.9-10.2.e W.9-10.2.f W.9-10.3.d SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.6 L.9-10.1.a L.9-10.2.a