SUBSCRIBE chat center Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Gazette|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise NEW LESSONS SEARCH BROWSE SUBMIT! <<PREV MORE LESSONS NEXT>> Share | Print Teachers.Net Lesson Bank Search Teachers.Net Advanced Quick Links: Set #3395. Raisin in the Sun Test Literature, level: Senior Posted Fri Jun 20 10:39:20 PDT 2008 by Danielle Cohen-Bautista (Danielle Cohen-Bautista). eriter.com, California, USA Materials Required: Raisin in the Sun Activity Time: One class period Concepts Taught: Character Interpretation, Drama Analysis A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (1959) Open-Book Test: Use your own paper, if necessay. Explain the conflicts between the characters below and how they are resolved. Use two quotes or more to support your answer. Walter and Ruth Walter and Beneatha Beneatha and Mama Walter and Mama Choose ONLY TWO of the following questions and respond. Contrast George Murchison and Joseph Asagai’s characters. What does each character represent for Bennie? To Hansberry? Use a minimum of two quotations to support your answer. Describe Benny and Walter’s behavior at the opening of Act II, scene 1, and interpret why each of them is behaving that way. Define assimilationist. Is it possible to be successful in the United States without assimilating? Explain. Explain the significance of Mr. Lindner. Should “whites” be offended? Explain. Define “idealist”. Who is an idealist in the play? Explain your answer. Describe what social purpose Lorraine Hansbury has in this play. What social comments does she make though her characters? Explain, using two or more quotes to support your answer. Essay Choose one of the following essay prompts, and write a first draft in which you respond in a well-developed, multi-paragraph essay, with an introduction, thesis, body paragraphs, and conclusion. A. The Crystal Staircase was the original title of the play, A Raisin in the Sun. Discuss which of the two titles is better for the play. Be sure to make connections between the play and the two poems you read by Langston Hughes [“Harlem” (from “Montage of a Dream Deferred”), and “Mother to Son”]. OR B. Malcolm X. said that for African Americans, the “American Dream” is the “American Nightmare.” Evaluate the truth of this statement in relation to A Raisin in the Sun.       June: The 30 Days of Teachers.Net (Introduction) 1 The Gazette 2 The Mailrings 3 Harry Wong 4 Lesson Bank 5 Tech Center 6 Teacher Classifieds 7 State Teachers.Net 8 Live Chat & Meetings 9 Teacher Printables 10 Project Center 11 Chatboard Network 12 Share Teachers.Net 13 Your Feedback 14 Interest Groups 15 Administrators.Net 16 Chat Center 17 Streaming Teacher Video 18 Tutoring Center 19 Academic Grants 20 Teachers.Net Bookshelf 21 Chatboard Tips 22 Grade Levels 23 Staffroom Flyer 24 Teachers.Net Archives 25 Hot Topics 26 Language Arts 27 Subject Areas 28 Quick Links 29 Meet Teachers.Net 30 Summer Job Fair

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