Read Write Think: Intro to Julius Caesar Using Universal Theme Analysis

For this 4-session lesson, students explore the theme of betrayal from different perspectives in their own lives and in modern scenarios through discussions and activities where they create and talk about comic strip scenarios. They research Roman history as well. Following these introductory activities, they are to read The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and analyze character perspectives in it. A possible followup activity is to create simulated Facebook pages for the characters. RL. 9-10.2 and RL.11-12.2.