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Overview of the Alice
Walker Lesson Plan
Objectives
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to do the following:
• Appreciate the life and writings of celebrated author Alice
Walker
• Learn about new perspectives and diverse views through the
characters in Alice Walker’s essay “Am I Blue?”
• Explore the issue of cross-species communication
• Understand the concept, limitations, and pitfalls of anthropomorphism
• Understand the link between our treatment of people and
our treatment of other animals
Materials
Alice Walker’s essay “Am I Blue?” can be found in
her book Living the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987 and
in the January/February 1989 edition of the Utne Reader.
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