This lesson contains 10 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.
Items in this lesson
JFK
Slide 1 - Mind map
American History by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Main characters: Elena, Mr. DePalma, Eugene, Elena's mother
Setting & circumstance:
New Jersey. School & Puerto Rican tenement (El Building) Day of JFK shooting
Slide 2 - Slide
Text Analysis, question 1: What is the real reason Eugene's mother turns Elena away? Explain why.
Slide 3 - Open question
Eugene
About Eugene: 'He was tall and blond' 'The kids at school called him "the hick" and made fun of the way he talked.
Read lines 219-235
Slide 4 - Slide
Slide 5 - Video
Question 4 - Making judgments Elena is far more preoccupied with her private loss than the nation's loss. Is this reasonable? Why (not)?
Slide 6 - Open question
Themes
Slide 7 - Mind map
Question 6 When JFK died, many Americans felt that their chance to realise dreams and hopes he had championed, such as racial equality, died with him. Why did Cofer set Elena's story on the day of the president's assassination?