Curated OER
DR-TA Reading Strategy
Foster critical thinking skills by using the DR-TA Strategy with Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal.” Class members read portions of the essay, stop and discuss what is happening, make predictions based on evidence from the text, and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: A Modest Proposal [Pdf]
This is a 6-page PDF of the text of "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: A Modest Proposal
This lesson focues on "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift in which he uses strong satire and irony as a protest of the English treatment of the Irish. It features links to the text of "A Modest Proposal," an introduction to the work by...
CommonLit
Common Lit: A Modest Proposal
A learning module that begins with "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: "A Modest Proposal": An Introduction
An introduction to Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal."