Comedian Seth Meyers shares his rationale for why Catch 22 should get viewers to vote for inclusion of Joseph Heller's satire in the Great American Read program.

Concepts

satire, humor, banned books, irony, historical fiction

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Share the video to launch a study of the novel

Classroom Considerations

• The video is part of a PBS Great American Read collection of five resources devoted to Heller's Catch 22

Pros

• Video identifies some of the major themes of the novel

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.5 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.6