World Literature, Third World country

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Third world

The Paper Revolution

The estimated duration of this LessonUp is 20-30 minutes.

Content

- Introduction 

- Pre-reading

- While-reading

- Post-reading

Learning objectives

- You know what a third world country is.

- You can answer 10 in-depth questions about The Paper Revolution correctly.

- You can skim a text to find 5 important quotes.

- You can make a revolutionary poster.

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What is a third world country in your eyes?

The Paper Revolution

In this story, we meet two young boys, Isaac and Langston the professor. We follow their adventures in which they start a paper revolution against their University, at the same time there is unrest in the whole country leading to a strong military presence.

So what is a third world country?

It is a term used to describe a developing nation characterized by its population that has a low or sometimes middle income with some other economic indicators.

Pre-Reading

Skim the text for quotes

1. You will skim through the text: The paper revolution to find important quotes.

2. You will then look up information on these quotes and match them with the context of the story.

What quotes did you find and how do they match with the contents of the story?

Quote from the text

Marx was a great man and now he's dead.

Lenin was a great man and now he's dead.

I have to admit, I'm not feeling so well myself.

Who was Marx?
Who was Lenin?
Why are they considered great men?
Why did the quote end the way it did?
What is the meaning behind it?

Both of these men were great revolutionaries of their time for pretty much the same reason. What would that be?

communism

Isaac

Crime

emperor

act of war

Harlem

Alex

Marx

Lenin

laughter

Patience and Hope

revolution

Langston

rich

overthrow capitalism

king of kings

While-Reading

Introduction to the Quiz

In the following exercise, you will receive a few in-depth questions about the text, make sure to answer all questions and if you don't know the answer, make sure to ask us about it in the last slide!

Why was our narrator called ‘The Professor’ and by whom?

What does Isaac want to study and Why?

What makes someone a real revolutionary according to Isaac?

Who are considered the real students at the university & Why does ‘The Professor’ admire them?

Who were considered the campus frauds?

Fill in the blanks:

1. Marx, Queen, behaving
2. Putin, Trump, sure
3. Marx, Lenin, feeling
4. Elvis, Paul, behaving

How did the Paper Revolution start, and what was their first act of war?

Where did Isaac get more ideas for his questions during his confessionals?

Why was Isaac the perfect image of defiance?

What was ‘The Professor’s’ new name and why did he choose it?

Post-Reading

How are third world countries mentioned in the story?

What are you going to do?

For the last part of our lesson preparation, you are going to make a poster/flyer, just like in the story. But instead of breaking the rules, we want you to start a riot against the HAN OR the Dutch government, come up with at least three strong points (these do not have to be accurate points of course) as to why people should support your revolution / what the HAN does wrong (example on the next slide).

Make sure to bring the poster/flyer with you to class, those who do will be rewarded.

Do you have any questions you would like us to discuss in class?

The End

Please read 'How to write about Africa' before coming to class.