The Stone Angel Lesson Plan

It is also important to address terms now considered to be racial slurs that Hagar and other characters use to refer to various non-white peoples. Throughout the novel, “half-breed” is used to denote people of mixed-race (generally understood to be of Native American and European descent, though not exclusively). This should be addressed as it arises, and will be explored in depth during the activity “Discovering Manitoba”. Similarly problematic language is used in Chapter 9 (“gyp”) and to people of Asian descent in Chapter 10 (“celestial”, “slanted” eyes). Even after the class discussion on race scheduled for Day 2 students should be reminded of this language’s presence, especially when...