Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Novels: 1895: Red Badge of Courage

Explore Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" with the help of pre-reading questions, vocabulary, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking writing prompts on character, plot, and theme. Also, compare Crane's novel to works of...

Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage provides the text for a reading comprehension activity that asks class members to develop questions based on the novel.

After finishing The Red Badge of Courage, readers complete a grammar worksheet  to identify the chain of events in the plot, the enduring issues, and major themes of Stephen Crane's novel.

Brief Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Highlights the novel's themes, setting, and main characters.

At this website, read the full text of Stephen Crane's novel, "The Red Badge of Courage." Text is organized by chapter.

Brief introduction to The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, highlighting the novel's themes, setting, and main characters.

Introduction to William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Provides background information about the novel's setting and main themes.

Brief introduction to the setting and characters of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

Introduction to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Highlights main ideas and themes of the novel.

Brief introduction to Jack London's The Call of the Wild. Highlights the novel's important themes and setting.