NCTE+2.5

**NCTE Standard 2.5**

//"Makes meaningful and creative connections between the ELA curriculum and developments in culture, society, and education."//

To creatively connect ideas from the ELA curriculum to developments in culture and society, I have a wonderful student-centered lesson which is to be used to introduce George Orwell's //Animal Farm// to students. The lesson revolves around a simulation in which the students overthrow the principal and teachers at the school, recreating different elements of the school as a group of equals. They unknowingly end up mimicking the animals in //Animal Farm//, with some taking leadership (pig) roles, and others taking passive (cat, sheep, etc.) roles.

The first link is to the lesson itself, and the second link is to the handout that corresponds to the lesson.