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Lesson 1 (from Part I (Pages 1 - 61))
Objective
The objective of this lesson is for students to analyze Artemisia's relationship with her father Orazio in Part I. When readers meet Artemisia, she is a very talented 17-year-old painter who signs her name to paintings that her father largely claims as his own, even though she does the majority of the work. Artemisia knows she has skill and talent, but because it is the early 1600s in Italy, she cannot hope to strike out and work on her own. Artemisia grows ever more resentful of her father's constant criticisms and psychological abuses of her. He never praises her work or really acknowledges her contributions to the household's finances with her painting talents.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What is the familial relationship between Artemisia and Orazio? What do the two have in common? Why does Artemisia resent her father so much? What are the negative and positive...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.3, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.5, 11-12.5
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