The Zoo Story Lesson Plan

Theater of the Absurd

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will be able to creatively interpret absurdism in interactive storytelling.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

Structure:

The Zoo Story and Homelife are considered to have many of the hallmarks of the Theater of the Absurd — particularly, the existentialist search for meaning in an absurd and senseless universe. What techniques does Albee use in order to provoke this feeling?

Students should read the following article introducing the Theater of the Absurd, while considering how Homelife and The Zoo Story might or might not fit into its storytelling tradition: ...