Adaptive Perseverance: Students will persevere in understanding complex texts like Beowulf and adapt their thinking as they compare heroes across time.
Learner's Mindset: Exploring the evolution of the hero genre encourages a lifelong quest for knowledge about literature and cultural history.
Communication: Articulating ideas about the Anglo-Saxon hero and modern comparisons enhances oral and written communication skills.
Responsibility: Students take responsibility for understanding cultural values and honoring diverse perspectives through Beowulf.
What characteristics define Beowulf as an Anglo-Saxon hero?
How do the cultural values of the time influence the portrayal of heroism in Beowulf?
In what ways has Beowulf's depiction of heroism influenced modern hero narratives?
Students will articulate how Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon hero.
Students will learn about the cultural values of the Anglo-Saxons and their view of a hero as seen in the story.
Students will compare the Anglo-Saxon hero to heroes of today.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2: Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3: Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama.
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