The Analects of Confucius Lesson Plan

To Be Considered Educated in the Time of Confucius and Today

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will relate Confucius’s Analects to Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences in order to understand intelligence outside of the dominant, logcal/lingiustic paradigm.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.2

Structure:

To begin, the following questions may be posed to the...