Read the Fine Print
Educational Use
This lesson begins with students viewing a Colbert Report program about his Super PAC. Then students read and discuss a profile of Colbert's political satire. A second reading examines some of the responses to it, positive and negative, and encourages students to discuss their own views. Readings include embedded links to Colbert's Super PAC ads. A homework assignment asks students to read Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," view additional clips of Stephen Colbert's program, and then compare and contrast these forms of satire.
- Subject:
- Arts and Humanities
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lecture
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility
- Provider Set:
- Teachable Moment
- Author:
- Teachable Moment
- Date Added:
- 04/06/2012