Cyrano De Bergerac Curriculum Unit
Students conduct character analysis. They study the plot and historical connections. Students have opportunities to role play and collaborate in groups. They focus on staging, complete visual interpretations, and analyze images and figures of speech. They have several opportunities to use the Internet for research.
Supplementary materials include culminating activities, a character quiz, and a test with answer keys.
Literary Form
21st-Century Skills
- Collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Social and cross-cultural skills
Overview
Edmond Rostand’s drama Cyrano de Bergerac is a combination of comedy, heroism, romance, and poetry with love as a key theme. The action is set in the seventeenth-century France of Louis XIII and XIV. The story stresses the need to see beyond superficial appearances.
Includes 12 lesson plans and 28 handouts.
Grades 9-12. High school. Reproducible. 90 pages.
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