1. Pencil or marker, Things Fall Apart
Today you will need:
Pencil or marker, Things Fall Apart

2. Today's Agenda:
Listen to some of Things Fall Apart, (5-10 minutes), Chapter 13
Warm-up:
Civilized Society 3.11
Springboard 196
Main Lesson:
Okonkwo’s Violence
Assessment:
Recognizing Theme in Things Fall Apart

3. Civilization and the Ibo
Create the following chart. Make sure to leave room at the bottom to answer 2 analytical questions.
Civilized
Uncivilized
Week of Peace
Human/Animal Sacrifices 1. 2.

4. Civilized SOCIETY Pg. 196
Step 1: Sort the following events as either civilized or uncivilized.
The Ibo have strong religious beliefs
The Ibo believe in family. (Okonkwo provides for his mother and siblings when his father dies)
The Ibo celebrate a week of peace, and honor it in every man’s home
The Ibo honor sports (wrestling)
The Ibo tolerate domestic violence
The Ibo admire hard work (Okonkwo starts off with nothing but gains admiration as a strong man who works hard to earn his respect)
The Ibo sacrifice humans to appease the Oracle’s word from the gods (Ikemefuna)
The Ibo honor their ancestors, sometimes with sacrifices
The Ibo have a sense of community and celebrations
Step 2: Add two events that you remember from your reading**
The Ibo have a justice system within and with other tribes
The Ibo have flexible matrimonial bonds (Ekwefi left her first husband for Okonkwo)

5. Analysis for Civilized vs. uncivilized
WHAT ARE WESTERN IDEAS?
Western Ideas (also referred to as Westernization or Europeanization) are ideas that can be traced back to the thinking of Ancient Greece and Rome, with great philosophers and conquerors, which became a basis for European thinking.
Western Ideas maintain certain cultural values, such as: -Education
-A fair justice system -Peace over violence -Christian Religion/Concepts -Capitalism
-Technological Advancement -Democracy -Advancements in Science -Modesty
-Matrimonial Ethics (married to only one spouse, stay married and faithful to spouse) Written History
QUESTION:
Based on the evidence from your chart,
What makes a culture civilized?
Is your definition of civilized in question one, do you think you are using Western thinking? Why or Why not?

6. Okonkwo’s violence ACT  CAUSE CONSEQUENCES
1. Okonkwo beat his wife during the Week of Peace. 2. 3.
ASSESSMENT:

7. Assessment: Predicting Theme
Okonkwo is a man that represents:
_________, _________, _________, __________, and __________
He is the epitome of these things and yet, misfortune and consequences follow him.
BASED ON THIS, What do you think the possible theme is?
*theme is a sentence, not one word.
*It is the moral of the story, the message the author is trying to get across.