Wizard of Oz

Is there a deeper message behind Oz?

Module summary:

Review plot of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Explore lenses of literary criticism
Review website evaluation criteria
Apply common lenses to the Wizard of Oz
- Political
- Religious
- Feminist
Create PowerPoint presentation on chosen literary criticism lens
See The Wizard of Oz in Denver!

essential questions

What is literary criticism, and how does it help understand a text?
Why is it important to utilize more than one source in building an argument?
How do we make effective PowerPoint presentations?

goals

Students will understand that various "schools of thought" with literary criticism help us apply different lenses to a story, bringing to light deeper meanings and symbolism.
Students will understand that presenting a strong argument requires combining information from different sources to validate the perspective.
Students will understand that effective PowerPoint presentations are intentionally organized, combine text and images, and serve as the support for - rather than the majority of - a presentation.

c-tachs

Reading:

Analyze multiple interpretations of a story and of a theme in various texts throughout history
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media and formats in order to address a question or solve a problem

Writing

Analyze multiple interpretations of a story and of a theme in various texts throughout history

Speaking and Listening

Make strategic use of digital media in oral presentations

activities

Monday: Review Wizard of Oz story, explore literary criticism lenses, begin research of Oz lenses

Intro to literary criticism video

Tuesday: Research lenses of Oz and create PowerPoint on one
Wednesday: Attend The Wizard of Oz at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts!