LESSON PLAN
Status Monkeys
by Anna Porter
Students will understand how status affects characterization and character actions by participating in the “Status Monkeys” game as well as other status-based interactions.
The lesson begins with a status demonstration using students. It then moves onto an "unknown status" activity where students react to the status of others without knowing their own status. How do you treat a low status character compared to a high status character?
The final activity is an animal imagery exercise where the students are all monkeys in a jungle with an assigned status. They must explore survival tactics available to someone of their particular status.
