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A librarian/teacher collaboration to send students back in time, to investigate American history and to personalize it.
TASK: Each student has been assigned an author and asked to imagine that author's daily life. First, the students will research that author's life and write a brief biographical summary. Second, the students will focus on a particular decade of the author's life, looking closely at three to five events in this time frame. They will be expected to keep concise notes bibliographic notes on their readings. Third, the students will immerse themselves in particular places and events, actually taking on the persona of their author by writing a diary and recording the highlights of ten years.
Time Frame: Expect five weeks to complete this task. The final due date for all documents, bibliography, diary, and works cited is December 18, 2005.
Major Due Dates:
1st draft November 21, 2005: Biographic Summary of chosen author.
(typed copy on paper and on a Macintosh formatted disk)
(a minimum of four sources, which will be checked for accuracy)
Final December 18, 2005: Final Biographic Summary, Diary,
and Works Cited.
Selected Oral
and Visual Reports: January 4, 2005.
* Expect daily checks on notes and bibliographic information
and "Bib Notes."
* Drafts will be assigned as the research continues.
GETTING STARTED:
The first week, November 10-15, is devoted to library
research. Two follow up days in the library/LRC/222 to focus
on getting that last resource or looking for some event in particular.
In between, we will devote about ten minutes of class time every
other day to discuss questions concerning the project and updating
student research. Otherwise, after the first week we will return
to a chronological discussion of American literature.
Day One: Get to know your author. Do not take notes
too soon. Browse through the books and settle on a perspective.
However, do take reference notes as you read so that you will
know how to come back to this information.
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Keeping a Journal
Maps
Faulkner
Sites in Oxford Mississippi-Map
Investigate
the sense of place: Faulkner
The
Great Gatsby and the Significance of Setting
Literary
Map of Manhattan: A cool interactive map
Literary
Map of US: American Memory
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Founding Fathers: Ben Franklin
Connecting Text: The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
The Western Frontier
Connecting Text: The Autobiography of David
Crockett
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Davey Crockett: Bio and Selection Works on and by David Crockett
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Special Presentation: William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill)
This is a very good link to his life and to his autobiography.
Connecting Text: Poe's Short Stories and
Poems
- Poe Chronology: from the Poe Society in Baltimore.
- Poe, Drugs and Alcohol
Connecting Text: The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
Transcendentalism
Walt Whitman
Connecting Text: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Early City Life-Sports
Early Horror
Connecting Text: The Great Gatsby
Connecting Text: The Sun Also Rises
The Lost Generation
Connecting Text: The Sound and the Fury
Extra: Mr. Ryan's Favorite Author, William Faulkner
Harlem
Other Places to find the works of Langston Hughes.
Connecting Text: The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler
Gumshoes
Raymond Chandler Links
Dashiel Hammett
Genre Links
Post Modern Writers
Modern American Theatre
Arthur Miller
The Crucible
Connections
Connecting Text: Slaughter-House Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
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