This resource guides students through a deep analysis of Kendrick Lamar's 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, examining how he crafts a powerful argument through carefully chosen literary devices and symbols. Students explore his masterful use of metaphor, strategic staging choices, symbolic choreography, and more.
Through close reading and critical analysis, students investigate how Lamar uses this mainstream platform to deliver complex social commentary while maintaining artistic authenticity. The resource provides scaffolded activities for identifying literary devices, interpreting symbols, and analyzing how these elements work together to strengthen Lamar's larger argument about power, success, and cultural identity in America.
This resource includes 8 assignments that can be used together for one mini-unit or broken apart. Each assignment makes sense to use independently or in combination with the others.
