Description

Overview:

A teenage outcast, a drunken socialist, a black doctor, and a sad cafe owner confess their secrets to a deaf-mute, in Carson McCullers's dramatic story of poverty and racism in a 1930s Georgia mill town. This Big Read Teacher's Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Carson McCullers's classic novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Each lesson has four sections: focus topic, discussion activities, writing exercises, and homework assignments. In addition, we have provided capstone projects and suggested essay topics, as well as handouts with more background information about the novel, the historical period, and the author. All lessons dovetail with the state language arts standards required in the fiction genre.

Subject:

Arts and Humanities, Literature

Level:

High School, Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division

Material Type:

Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study

Provider:

National Endowment for the Arts

Provider Set:

The Big Read

Date Added:

08/05/2013