A Raisin in the Sun Lesson Plan

Set in the South Side of Chicago in the mid-1950s, A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by a black woman to be performed on Broadway and proved to be both a popular and a critical success. The play focuses on a few weeks in the life of the Youngers, a close-knit African-American family that struggles with poverty and racial oppression. The play opens as the Youngers eagerly await a ten-thousand-dollar check, payment on the deceased Mr. eNotes lesson plans have been written, tested, and approved by working classroom teachers.
This lesson plan for A Raisin in the Sun features an in-depth introductory lecture, discussion questions, vocabulary lists, chapter-by-chapter study questions, a multiple-choice test, and essay questions. Complete answer keys are also included!