LITERATURE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM In West Virginia a good story takes awhile, and if it has people in it, you have to swear that it is true. . . —From Maggie Anderson’s “Long Story,” in Windfall and New Selected Poems, 2000 BY ALDEN WAITT Today’s teachers bemoan the fact that their students, immersed in a media culture, appear to be uninterested in reading works typically assigned in traditional language arts classrooms. However, the incorporation of young adult novels has served to engage even reluctant
Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet. Unit 1 – The Creation of American Society (1450 – 1763) Which of the following 'was true of a married woman in the colonial era? (A) She would be sentenced to debtors' prison for debts incurred by her husband.
AP United States History Vocabulary list: 1. second great awakening. men like finney running around preaching christianity. they are great orators and as a result, people feel like they are worth something. 2. communal experiments. numerous groups rose up in attempts to create a utopian society. although they all basically failed in one way or another, it increased Americans' confidence that they could change the world and make it a better place. Some communal experiments included the shakers
king Leopold ghost King Leopold's Ghost A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Adam Hochschild A MARINER BOOK Houghton Mifflin Company BOSTON NEW YORK FOR DAVID HUNTER (1916–2000) FIRST MARINER BOOKS EDITION 1999 Copyright © 1998 by Adam Hochschild All rights reserved For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication
Unit 1: American Beginnings to 1877 Ch1: Exploration and the Colonial Era Beginnings to 1763 Study the painting on pg2: What are they thinking? What can happen when one culture imposes its values on another? 1. The Americas, West Africa, and Europe On the eve of their interaction, Native American, West African, and European peoples lived in complex societies. 1. Ancient Cultures in the Americas Hunting and Gathering; Agriculture Develops; Maya, Aztec, and Inca
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver Contents: Author’s Note Book One - GENESIS BookTwo - THE REVELATION BookThree - THE JUDGES Book Four - BEL AND THE SERPENT Book Five - EXODUS Book Six - SONG of THE THREE CHILDREN Book Seven - THE EYES IN THE TREES Author’s Note THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION. Its principal characters are pure inventions with no relations on this earth, as far as I know. But the Congo in which I placed them is genuine. The historical figures and events described here
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion
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Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University English Dissertations Department of English 12-12-2010 The Southern Gentleman and the Idea of Masculinity: Figures and Aspects of the Southern Beau in the Literary Tradition of the American South Emmeline Gros Georgia State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_diss Recommended Citation Gros, Emmeline, "The Southern Gentleman and the Idea of Masculinity: Figures and Aspects