British Literature Historical Overview ASSESSMENT
Your textbook, Elements of Literature – Sixth Course, covers over 1500 years of English and world writing. That span of time is divided into seven major historical periods. Click HERE to complete an assessment of your understanding of the “big picture” for each of these time periods. You may use your outline notes as a resource.
American Literature Historical Overview
You outlined the information in the introductions of the six sections of your textbook, Elements of Literature – Fifth Course. Using your outline as a resource, complete the assessment by clicking HERE.
After you have completed your assessment, look at the possibilities for our next unit of study, which will begin on April 13. During the last few minutes of class, cast your VOTE on your top choice.
American Literature – The Moderns 1900-1950
Excerpts from The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Film: The Grapes of Wrath
American Literature – Contemporary Literature 1950-present
Excerpts from Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Film: Rebel Without a Cause
British Literature – The Renaissance 1485-1660
Excerpts from Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Film: Much Ado About Nothing
British Literature – The Romantic Period 1708-1832
Excerpts from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Film: Pride and Prejudice
World Literature – The Holocaust
Excerpts from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Film: Anne B. Real
