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\nMagical Realism in One Hundred Years of Solitude\n

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\nHow does Gabriel Garcia Marquez make the magical elements in his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude seem real? That is the essential question for readers of his acclaimed novel to tackle in a three-lesson unit module. Scholars begin by...\n
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\nStudent Copy of Gatsby and the Jazz Age: American Dream or Nightmare:\n

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\nF. Scott Fitzgerald's intent in The Great Gatsby, was \"to state the American dream as dramatically, as passionately, as possible – and at the same time, to hold it up to moral judgment, to see what lies and terrors lay beneath its...\n
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\nAmerican Literary Humor: Mark Twain, George Harris, and Nathaniel Hawthorne\n

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\nA three-lesson curriculum unit examines the history and conventions in the American literary humor of Mark Twain, George Washington Harris, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. In Lesson One, scholars read “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras...\n
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\nCrash Course Theater and Drama\n

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\nForsooth! Here’s a collection that has everything you ever wanted to know about the theater and drama—everyone from Aristotle to Chikamatsu, from Moliere to Shakespeare to Williams. From Banraku to Zaju, every type from comedy to...\n
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\nWords That Heal: Using Children's Literature to Address Bullying\n

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\nBooks can create empathy. Books can build self-esteem. Books can offer insight and coping strategies. Books can encourage anti-bullying. Books can heal. The five discussion guides in the \"Words That Heal: Using Children's Literature to...\n
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\nKen Burns in the Classroom: Hemingway\n

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\nHemingway: BH, AH. Before Hemingway and after Hemingway. A collection of PBS lessons, authored by Julia E. Torres, uses clips from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s documentary to EXPLORE the influence events in Hemingway’s life had on his...\n
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\nKindred\n

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\nFour resources comprise a unit module designed for Octavia E. Butler's Kindred instructors to use in their classes. The first resource in the series, a packet designed for instructors, includes an overview of the unit, a day-to-day...\n
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\nFaulkner's As I Lay Dying: Form of a Funeral\n

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\nNobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's Southern Gothic novel, As I Lay Dying, is the anchor text in a six-lesson unit module that examines Faulkner's place in American literary history. Learners research one aspect of Faulkner's...\n
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\nMelville’s Moby Dick: Shifts in Narrative Voice and Literary Genres\n

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\nA three-lesson unit module has readers of Moby Dick examine the narrative voice and dramatic perspective Herman Melville uses to contrast Ishmael and Captain Ahab. In addition, scholars analyze how the author incorporates various...\n
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\nThe Letters and Poems of Emily Dickinson\n

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\nThe three lessons in the “Letters and Poems of Emily Dickinson” unit module offer high schoolers an opportunity to meet the woman behind the poems. Scholars read letters she wrote to the Atlantic Monthly editor Thomas Wentworth Higginson...\n
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\nCreative Writing Unit: Analyzing, Interpreting, Discussing and Writing Various Genres of African-American Literature\n

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\nA six-week unit takes high schoolers through various works of African-American literature, including poems, plays, and short stories. The lesson plan format includes a week-by-week description of activities, goals, materials, and...\n
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\nNative American Literature\n

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\nCelebrate and honor Native American culture with this set of graphic organizers that showcases literature like The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses and A Boy Called Slow as well as three other Native American literature books....\n
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\nIntegrative Lesson on Genres of American Literature (Senior, Literature)\n

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\nTo begin this lesson, the instructor will present a PowerPoint detailing the genres of Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism. Learners will follow along with an instructional sheet that will aid in the identification of setting, tone,...\n
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\nAnnotated Timeline of The American Literary Movement \n

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\nStudy the transformation of American literature starting from Colonial times up until the present. Each of the nine periods (Romanticism, Realism, Postmodernism, etc.) is introduced and important literary agents from that period are...\n
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\nImportance of American Flag in American Literature\n

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\nBetsy Ross - fact and myth. As an introduction to American Literature, class members become detectives and search web sites to find information about the flag, prominent places it has been displayed (on the moon, at ground zero, in...\n
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\nColonials & Revolutionaries: Background Historical & Cultural Information\n

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\nThe four major trends of the 18th century (The Enlightenment, the Great Awakening, British global ambitions, and economic disagreements) are the focus of a PowerPoint that places in context such influences as deism, mercantilism,...\n
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\nAfrican American Literature in Art\n

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\nStudents compare art and literature by examining a contemporary painting by Glenn Ligon and the essay by James Baldwin that inspired it. They write an essay about a personal experience that relates to the theme of being an \"outsider.\"\n
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\nEarly American English Lit Writing Assignment (Senior, Literature)\n

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\nTo better understand early American literature, which was usually written by Puritans coming to the new world, learners pretend they have just landed on Mars. They compose a letter home describing their experiences, the new landscape,...\n
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\nCarl Sandburg's \"Chicago\": Bringing a Great City Alive\n

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\nCarl Sandburg composed poetry that conveyed a time and place in American Literature and history. Learners identify the literary techniques he uses to describe the historical and cultural context of living in Chicago. They define the...\n
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\nNative American Literature: A Paradigm Shift\n

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\nPupils explore Native American literature. In this cultural diversity lesson, students read selected Native American books and analyze the themes of the books and familiarize themselves with the vocabulary used in the books.\n
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\nIn Emily Dickinson's Own Words: Letters and Poems\n

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\nAnalyze the depth and beauty of American Literature by reading Emily Dickinson's letters and poems. The class analyzes Dickinson's poetic style and discusses Thomas Wentworth Higginson's editorial relationship with Dickinson. They pay...\n
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\nAmerican Literature Authors and Their Works\n

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\nStudents match American Literature authors with their short stories, poems, and books. In this American Literature lesson, students are given an overview of the authors and their main works. Then students independently do a matching...\n
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\nThe South, the North and the Great Migration: Blues and Literature\n

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\nHere is a complex lesson plan that interweaves the history of the Jim Crow South and the Great Migration with the study of poetry, art, and blues music from the Harlem Renaissance. The plan helps young historians develop a deep...\n
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\nThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\n

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\nThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the best-known pieces of American literature. An eBook from the Library of Congress provides access to an early edition of the text. Original layout and illustrations are preserved within.\n
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