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Maus:
by Art Spiegelman
Pre-reading
Strategy: Anticipation Guide
The students will each fill out this guide before we
begin reading the book. We will discuss it briefly
to see where the students stand on the issues, and then
we'll come back to it later on after we've finished the
book. The purpose of this activity is to see how
reading Maus changes their answers, if at all.
It also gives the students something concrete that they
can hold on to and return to as they read the book,
giving them reasons to think about their own answers
over a period of time. Below you can see the
actual handout (in web-friendly form) that I will give
students.
There are no correct answers to these questions. I
simply want you to think about the question, and answer
it truthfully. Read the wording carefully.
Place your answer in the column on the left, headed with
"pre-reading." We'll come back to these sheets
later, so keep them around!
| Pre-reading |
Questions |
Post-reading |
| _______ |
Everyone can trust that the
government has their best interests in mind,
even if you don't always know what they're
doing. |
_______ |
| _______ |
We should pay attention to
the past as much as the future, so we don't make
the same mistakes. |
_______ |
| _______ |
When someone in power is
asking you to do something, it's best to go
along with it so you don't make them angry. |
_______ |
| _______ |
Killing anyone, even in a
time of war, is wrong. |
_______ |
| _______ |
You have to listen to your
parents, even if you don't agree with what
they're telling you. |
_______ |
| _______ |
It's safer to go along with
the group than to think for yourself, because
they probably know things that you don't. |
_______ |
| _______ |
Who we are has a lot to do
with where we come from. |
_______ |
| _______ |
It's okay to make jokes
about serious things. Humor is a way for
people to deal with things that aren't
comfortable. |
_______ |
Click the link below to see a formal
lesson plan for this activity. The document is
available in either Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word
formats.
Anticipation Guide Lesson Plan
or [MS
Word]
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Literacy
Philosophy
