About this lesson:

Students read and analyze the development of emerging themes in chapter six of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain.

Additional Notes:

• Consider linking the audio on a class website for students to access outside of the classroom.

• Before class, post the following around the room (on chart paper or a markerboard):

  • Social inequity by birth

  • The power of technology

  • The mistrust of religious institutions

  • Education v. inherent human nature