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Pride and Prejudice: Putting Universal Themes in Modern Dress Lesson Plan Grade Level: 9-12 Curriculum Focus: Literature Lesson Duration: Two class periods Student Objectives  Understand that classics are pieces of literature whose universal themes continue to make them popular long after they were authored.  Discuss universal themes of Pride and Prejudice.  Explore universal themes in Pride and Prejudice by updating selected scenes from it to the 21st century. Materials  Discovery School video on unitedstreaming: Great Books: Pride and Prejudice Search for this video by using the video title (or a portion of it) as the keyword. Selected clips that support this lesson plan:  A Womans Only Career: The Bennet Sisters and the Prospect of Marriage (02:01)  Elizabeth Lizzy Bennet: An Independent Spirit (02:10)  The Intimate Details of Life: The Love-Related Travails of the Bennet Sisters (01:43)  Lizzy Falls in Love with Darcy, Despite Myriad Obstacles (03:50)  Miscellaneous scenes that your community would consider acceptable from Clueless, the 1995 movie loosely based on Austen’s Emma Procedures 1. Ask the class why some works of literature are considered “classics,” emphasizing the idea of universal themes. Have the class talk about some universal themes that have helped the novel Pride and Prejudice retain its popularity. For example:  It’s a great love story with twists, turns, and obstacles, and the right girl(s) and guy(s) ending up with each other.  In addition to the multifaceted Elizabeth and Darcy, the novel presents stock characters we all understand (the interfering, well-intentioned mother; the pompous Mr. Collins; the snobbish Miss Caroline Bigley; and the scoundrel Wickham). Pride and Prejudice: Putting Universal Themes in Modern Dress