Treasure Island Lesson Plan

Discussion: The Story of Madame Zheng

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will broaden their knowledge about pirates and piracy.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

This activity has two parts. In the first part, students should organize themselves into groups of 2-3 people, and the teacher should have them watch the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BALmDghybk

Once the class has finished watching the video, the teacher should hand out a worksheet with the...