Romeo and Juliet: Analyzing Person vs. Society Themes Through a Queer Lens
Romeo and Juliet: Analyzing Person vs. Society Themes Through a Queer Lens
In this lesson plan, students will analyze how social pressures impacting men, women, queer people, and BIPOC folks can prevent those who love each other from being together. Through reading, discussion, and creative writing assignments, students will analyze Romeo and Juliet through different lenses to gain a deeper understanding of the text and Elizabethan society as a whole.
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Compare and contrast how multiple literary texts present a common theme.
Contextualize literature within its historical circumstances.
The standards covered in this lesson are: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2, CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7
This lesson plan is meant to supplement curriculum surrounding Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Ideally, students should have already read up through Act 3 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet before doing this activity.
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Lesson plan created by Ariana Kretz