With a focus on critical thinking skills, this complete unit plan for Heart of Darkness includes a historical overview, a guided reading instruction for the novella, Essential Questions with a poem pairing, discussion questions for the entire novella broken down into 7 sections, passage analysis prompts, an in-class partner essay assignment and a formal essay assignment with rubrics, and Socratic-style final discussion questions with a video link. The unit encourages student-led inquiry with tea