The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights Lesson Plan

For this unit, students should read:

1. "The Seven Voyages of Sindbad"

2. "The First Voyage"

3. "The Second Voyage"

4. "The Third Voyage"

5. "The Fourth Voyage"

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9

   Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1

   Initiate and participate effectively in...