In Custody Lesson Plan

Urdu and Hindi

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will understand the relationship between the two languages represented in In Custody

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.2

Structure:

In Custody is impossible to understand without knowledge of the relationship between the Hindi and Urdu languages. This project will help students gain the necessary background information.

Break the class into groups of three or four and ask them to find the answers to the following questions:

- Who speaks Urdu?

- Who speaks Hindi?

- Which is the dominant language in India?

- Who...