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Art, Violence, and Influence
Kind of Activity:
Group Discussion
Objective:
Students will be able to consider one of the central questions that McDonagh poses with the play
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2
Structure:
For homework last night, students should have read at least one of several articles exploring some of the ways literature has inspired crimes:
https://www.newsweek.com/nine-horrible-real-life-crimes-were-inspired-movie-or-novel-583828
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/8-books-that-inspired-real-crimes
https://www.britannica.com/list/5-good-books-that-inspired-bad-deeds
The question of to what degree it's fair or...
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