Rather than waiting to think about it tomorrow, a video from the PBS Great American Read series asks viewers to think about Gone with the Wind today, to see the novel as the story of a strong woman, a woman with "gumption."

Concepts

gone with the wind, margaret mitchell

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide class members with a link to Alyssa Rosenberg's article "Why We Should Keep Reading Gone with the Wind," have them read the article as homework and return for a full-class discussion of Rosenberg's article

Classroom Considerations

• The video acknowledges the narrow perspective of the novel and asks readers to consider how a modern writer could revisit the tale and broaden the perspective to include other voices, much like Wild Sargasso Sea revisits Jane Eyre.
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Pros

• The resource includes the video, discussion questions, a vocabulary list, and a writing activity

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.5 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3