The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights Lesson Plan

For this unit, students should read:

1. The opening (the frame story)

2. "The Story of the Merchant and the Genius"

3. "The Story of the First Old Man, and of the Hind"

4. "The Story of the Second Old Man, and of the Two Black Dogs"

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1

   Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.6

   Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.7

   Analyze the representation of a...