American Literature

American Literature
General/17th Century/18th Century/19th Century/20th Century

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American Literature level 1 Course Handbook

Honors American Literature Course Handbook

Citation Machine

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation

General Sites

Brief Timeline of American Literature and History

Links to the Learner.org/Annenburg Videos (you'll have to register, but ut's free)

Digital History from Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Time Line of American Lit.

American Literature Chronology (1851-1900)

16th &17th Centuries

1801-1850

20th Century

American Authors

Teaching Am. Lit.

Issues in Teaching the American Literatures

Project Bartleby Archive

The American Experience Home Page

Welcome to Social Studies School Service

The Costume Page

From Revolution to Reconstruction

Profiles of Writers/ PBS

Guide to C-SPAN's American Writers program

Perspectives in American Literature

Home Page: American Memory from the Library of Congress

Introduction to American Literature

PBS: Out Of The Past

15th - 17th Century

Outline of the Early American and Colonial Period to 1776

Study Guides for pre-1600-1700:

Native American, New Spain and New France Study Guide (Honors)

Early American Literature Study Guide (level 1)

Study Guide and Assignments:The Early English Colonies at Virginia and New England (Honors)

Study Guide and Assignments Anne Bradstreet, Cotton Mather, and the Salem Witch Trials (Honors)

Study Guide for from Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather (level 1)

Resources for Honors Am. Lit. Assignment 4 on the above Native American, New Spain and New France Study Guide:

A. Mexico/New Spain

http://latino.si.edu/education/NMAHLatino.htm

http://frontpagemag.com/articles/Read.aspx?GUID=2C92FAB3-C1F9-48B0-9BFA-62CB9DC8B684

http://www.blazingstar.org/NuevoPlandeAztlan.html

http://academic.udayton.edu/Race/02rights/guadalu1.htm

http://frontpagemag.com/articles/Read.aspx?GUID=F30DFC06-285E-495E-966F-5BDE45BD1679

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-patient-deportaug20,0,1937823.story

http://ideas.repec.org/p/fip/feddwp/00-05.html

http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=73A0FF98-ADFA-46B4-A6D7-E5CA4555F3C3

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/27/holes_in_the_wall_texas_border

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/14/court_interpreter_for_workers_rounded_up

http://hemi.ps.tsoa.nyu.edu/archive/studentwork/colony/olson/Casta1.htm

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDF1330F932A25755C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=964

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=130

http://www.americanpatrol.com/

http://www.urban.org/publications/1000587.html

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17107

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=FADDCB1C-EE8B-4E4E-B9CA-8E57F431DC29

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007

http://www.nclr.org/content/policy/detail/1331/

http://www.nclr.org/content/news/detail/47845/

http://www.nclr.org/content/topics/detail/500/

http://www.nclr.org/content/policy/detail/1058/

B. New France/Quebec

French Canadian Emigration to the United States, 1840-1930

http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/readings/leaving.htm

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/02/news/french.php

http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Du-Ha/French-Canadian-Americans.html

http://www.duke.edu/~mahealey/quebec_south.htm

http://www.happyones.com/franco-american/

http://www.acadian-cajun.com/

C. Public schools, "evolution," "creationism," and "intelligent design"

"Other Creation Stories Deserve Respect" form Lawrence (Kansas) Journal-World & News http://www.natcenscied.org/

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/nov/28/other_creation_stories_deserve_respect/?take_a_stand

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june05/creation_3-28.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/02/AR2005080201686.html

http://www.intelligentdesignnetwork.org/

http://www.au.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_evolution

http://www.cyberessays.com/Politics/133.htm

http://www.answersingenesis.org/cec/

New York Times article on religion courses in schools (you'll need to register, but it's free)

D. Native American life and culture, tribal identity and recognition, the use of traditional religious sites, and socio-economic conditions

http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/inthelightofreverence/

In the Light of Reverence transcript

"Other Creation Stories Deserve Respect" form Lawrence (Kansas) Journal-World & News

http://www.dickshovel.com/

http://www.iearn.org/hgp/aeti/aeti-1997/native-americans.html

http://www.nemasys.com/ghostwolf/Native/genocide.shtml (excellent site on Native American genocide)

http://www.indigenouspeople.net/body_final.html

http://www.indigenouspeople.net/gooddead.htm

http://www.chgs.umn.edu/Histories__Narratives__Documen/Documents_on_Native_American_G/documents_on_native_american_g.html

http://indiancountrydiaries.org/

http://www.indiancountry.com/

Commission of Indian Affairs: Legal Recognition of Indian Groups

http://www.doa.state.nc.us/cia/legal.pdf

This PDF file details the petitioning procedure for tribes seeking state recognition.

http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/

Native American

Creation Stories

The Walam Olum

Navajo Creation Story

World Myths and Legends in Art

Natvie American Myths in Brief

Native American Creation/Emergence Tales

Gilder LehrmanInstitute of American History: Native American Voices

A Native American Perspective on the Theory of Gender Continuum
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
Native-American texts from the Modern English Collection
NativeWeb Home Page
Metacom Relates Indian Complaints about the English Settlers, 1675
The History of Tisquantum (Squanto)

Puritanism & Other Early European-American

Colonial America

Education in the 13 American Colonies

Back in the Day: Lessons From Colonial Classrooms

Salem Witch Trials Chronology

Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather

THE MALLEUS MALEFICARUM by SPRENGER AND KRAMER ~1484

The Salem Witch Museum - Salem, Massachusetts

Bull of Pope Innocent VIII

Witches' Voice Homepage

The American Sense of Puritan

Recent Developments in the Study of The Great European Witch Hunt

Early Modern Europe: The Witch Hunts

Bradstreet Poems

Quotations for American Ideas Essay Assignment

Information on Merle Curti

More on Curti

Crucible Sites

Ms. Culliton's Study Guide (level 1-2)

Exposition of Character in Act I Sheet (Word)

Ogram's 17th Century New England Links contains MANY useful links, not just 17th century stuff

Paper on McCarthyism

The Age of McCarthyism

The Fight for America: Senator Joseph McCarthy

Retrospective: Culture, Politics, and McCarthyism

Naming Names: Social Costs of McCarthyism

The Hollywood Blacklist

1950s Homepage

Crucible Guide from Penguin

SCORE Cyber Guide to The Crucible

Guide to The Crucible

Salem, MA Website

The American Sense of Puritan

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18th Century

Study Guide and Assignments Early--Mid Eighteenth Century (Honors)

Later 18th Century Study Guide 2008-9 (Honors)

Study Guide: Enlightenment Values of Franklin, Paine, Jefferson & the Adamses (level 1-2)

William Byrd

Excerpt from The History of the Dividing Line

William Byrd and his History of the Dividing Line

Enlightenment and Revolution

Religious Liberty & Persecution

TeacherServe - Divining America:

The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Franklin's and Edwards' guides to life

Franklin's and Paine's religious views

Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine (on religion) Study Guide

Colonial Life

Newspapers/Magazines, etc. for research of Modern-Day Issues

Listings for all New Hampshire papers

Time Magazine

Newsweek or Newsweek/School

Associated Press

The New York Times on the Web

Boston Globe Online

Manchester Union Leader

Washington Post

Nashua Telegraph

Concord Monitor: Today's News

Outline of Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers, 1776-1820

Edgar Allan Poe

Level 1 Poe Study Guide

Honors Poe Study Guide

Chronology of Major Events in Poe's Life

Another Chronology

The PoeForward

Poe Stories: An Exploration of Short Stories by EA Poe

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Poe at On-Line Literature (searchable texts)

MD Public TV: Knowing Poe

PAL Chapter 3: Early Nineteenth Century: Edgar Allan Poe

Poe Main Page at University of Virginia

Poe Biography at Poe Decoder

Poe's Letters

Poe Manuscripts

Complete Collection of Poems

Text of "The Tell-Tale Heart"

Text of "The Black Cat"

Text of "Ligeia"

Annotated "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Text of "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Poe's Virtual Library

EDGAR ALLAN POE: Tales, Sketches and Selected Criticism

Poe Museum of Richmond

The E.A Poe Society of Baltimore also try here and here

Essays on "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Essay on "Ligeia" and "Morella"

Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher

The Poe Decoder

A project started by a small group of Poe enthusiasts to make criticism and information on Poe and his work available on the Internet.

Various Poe Links from Oakland, CA

The Poe Studies Association

Poe Webliography

Edgar Allan Poe on the Internet

The Poe Perplex

SCORE Guide

Transcendentalism and Related Topics

Transcendental Optimists

Study Guide for Emerson and Thoreau (Level 1)

Study Guide for Emerson and Thoreau (Honors)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson Central: Find all texts, speeches, quotations, facts, etc. here

Important excerpts from "Self-Reliance"

"Self-Reliance": Understanding the Essay

Important excerpts from "The American Scholar"

"Give All to Love"

Ralph Waldo Emerson A Guide to Resources

Emerson's Eulogy for Thoreau

Study Guides for Self Reliance (Heath, Dover Thrift, excerpts)

Henry David Thoreau

Walden Pond Page

Stepping to a Different Drummer article from Out in the Mountains

Chronology of Thoreau's life and times

Civil Disobedience Part 1 Part 2

Where I Lived and What I Lived For

"Solitude" from Walden

"Visitors" from Walden

All of Walden

Thoreau's views on frog mating (available only during study of Thoreau)

Thoreau on Friendship (available only during study of Thoreau)

Thoreau's sexuality/relationships (available only during study of Thoreau)

Back to beginning of 19th C.

Transcendental Pessimists

Hawthorne

Ms. Culliton's Scarlet Letter Page (contains study guide, notes, links to the book itself, etc.)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Discovery Channel Scarlet letter page

The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850

Notes on The Scarlet Letter (plot, theme, vocabulary, characters, etc.)

Sites on Crime and Punishment in Colonial New England

http://www.loyno.edu/~history/journal/1999-2000/Chehardy.htm

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED252451

http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/winship0905.htm

http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/enquirer/mary_dyer.htm

http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1371/context/archive

http://www.youbetiam.com/index_files/Page4829.htm

http://www.reformed.org/webfiles/antithesis/v1n1/ant_v1n1_juris.html

http://law.jrank.org/pages/11881/Colonial-Period-Criminal-law.html

http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/spring03/branks.cfm

Melville

The Life and Works of Herman Melville

Herman Melville: Genius Ignored

PAL: Herman Melville

Text of "Bartleby, The Scrivener"

Pittsfield, MA, Home of Melville

Ms. Culliton's "Bartleby" Study Guide Back to beginning of 19th C.

Walt Whitman

Ms. Culliton's Whitman Page

The Classroom Electric: Dickinson, Whitman, and American Culture

Back to beginning of 19th C.

Emily Dickinson

New Emily Dickinson Photo?

1924 version of Collected Poems

Dickinson Electronic Archives

Virtual Emily

Academy of American Poets

Higginson's Account of Dickinson

Emily Dickinson International Society

Realism, Mid-Late 19th Century, and Related Topics

Ms. Culliton's Crane and Cather Page (find Study Guides here)

Outline of The Rise of Realism: 1860-1914

Jane Addmas Hull House Museum

Sister Carrie (text)

The Triangle Fire

How the Other Half Lives

Gangs of New York

Comstock Act

O! Pioneers Review

Text of O! Pioneers

Text of My Antonia

Text of The Song of the Lark

Sod Houses

Brief Cather Bio.

Addison Wesley Longman Cather page

Willa Cather Page

Willa Cather Photos

Willa Cather, Domestic Goddess

Nebraska Notables: Willa Cather

Catherland Online

American Collection: The Song of the Lark

PBS The Song of the Lark film

Back to beginning of 19th C.

20th Century

Social Context: American Literature 1914-1945

Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man Study Guide

Economic Necessity and Racial Identity in The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man

Text of The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man

Text of The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man

Harlem Renaissance Resource Center

Brief biography of James Weldon Johnson

Review of The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man

Biography of the author from the American Academy of Poets

Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man and Ragtime

The Individualism of the Ex-Colored Man

A Realist Perspective on The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

1920s and The Great Gatsby

Ms. Culliton's Gatsby Page

Flapper Culture & Style

Guide to the Great Gatsby

Gatsby, Chapter One, Centers of Interest

Gatsby Themes and Characters

Gatsby Themes & Questions

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