American Literature
Lesson plans
Beginnings to 1800
ReadingsNative American myths: "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" and "The Earth on Turtle's Back"
from "Journal of the First Voyage to America" Christopher Columbus from "Of Plymouth Plantation" William Bradford “Here Follow Some Verses Upon the Burning of Our House July 10 1666” Anne Bradstreet from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards from The Autobiography, by Benjamin Franklin (p. 1-5) (p. 6-10) Speech to the Virginia Convention from The Crisis |
Notes/Assignments9/4/14 - student generated notes based on pps 20-21, and intro to N.A. lit.
Native American Myths (notes on characteristics and functions) Colonial and Settler Literature: The North vs The South Puritan Poetry Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God motivational speech assignment The Age of Reason Ben Franklin's Virtues found today Revolutionary Writers Thomas Paine: elements of persuasion Patrick Henry: elements of persuasion |
Links/VideosTeach Kids Productions: American Lit: Quick and Dirty Part 2
Circle of Stories from PBS.org; The Burning House Check out our own version of The Burning House project here The Age of Reason (Discovery Streaming) Ben Franklin's 13 Virtues Quiz from PBS.org. Find out what areas, according to Ben, you need to improve in yourself. |
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Romanticism: 1800-1860
Readings"Rip Van
Winkle"
The Fireside Poets "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" "The Chambered Nautilus" "Snowbound" Dark Romantic Writers "The Minister's Black Veil" "The Fall of the House of Usher" "The Raven" "The Masque of the Red Death" Moby Dick |
Notes/Assignments |
Links/VideosWishbone's version of Rip Van
Winkle (links to part 1, but shown in 3 parts) The Fireside Poets Fall of the House of Usher short film. Also, here is a link to an animated teaser of a new version of Fall of the House of Usher The Simpson's version of "The Raven" |
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Transcendentalism and New American Poets 1840-1860
ReadingsEmerson's "Nature"
Emerson's "Self-Reliance" Thoreau's Walden Whitman: Song of Myself #1, #10 Dickinson |
Notes/Assignments |
Links/VideosThoreau's Walden: The Video Game, an article from TIME.com
A new way of studying poetry from Dead Poets Society |
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Realism, Regionalism, & Naturalism 1850-1900
Readings"A Pair of Silk Stockings"
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" make sure to click next at bottom of text to get whole story "To Build a Fire" The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (here is an illustrated electronic version of the text) |
Notes/AssignmentsRealism
Kate Chopin Ambrose Bierce Jack London Huck Finn Study Guide chs 1-11 Study Guide chs 12-22 Study Guide chs 23-30 Study Guide chs 31-43 Literary Criticism Assignment |
Links/Videos1962 Short Film adaptation of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Mark Twain Biography from A&E Television networks Huck Finn on-line quiz from GradeSaver (test yourself) Proquest Learning: Literary Criticism |
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Modernism
Semester Book ProjectList of novels
Project Description and Rubric |