Constantinople teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on Constantinople for ages 14 to 18: a plan, a worksheet and the answers for each week, a final essay with a marking guide, and a reading certificate to print. Free to use in class.
Five weeks, week by week
- Week 1Chapters 1 to 6
The narrator travels through Malta, the Greek islands, and Smyrna to Constantinople, where direct experience challenges imagined beauty.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 7 to 12
Ramadan outings, cafés, bazaars, and dervish ceremonies lead the narrator to examine appearances, skilled work, and unfamiliar religious practices.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 13 to 18
Cemetery walks, entertainment, hospitality, restricted households, and boat journeys reveal how daily life shares space with death and social boundaries.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 19 to 24
Street observations, court ceremony, fires, mosques, and palace visits expose contrasts between public splendor, suffering, prejudice, and restricted access.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 25 to 30
Monuments, preserved costumes, hospitality, and water journeys lead the narrator to reflect on change, incomplete understanding, and continuing restlessness.
Plan · worksheet · answers
Assessment
Final essay
Three questions to choose from, 800 to 1,200 words, with a marking guide in four bands.
Quiz bank
The 30 questions and 40 flashcards online, for homework or a quick check in class. Open the quiz
Discussion
Questions for small groups, meeting by meeting. The book club kit
Reading certificate
Certificate of reading
Student's name
has read
Constantinople
by Théophile Gautier
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