American Literature
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
- 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
American Literature Chronology (1851-1900)
Issues in Teaching the American Literatures
The American Experience Home Page
Welcome to Social Studies School Service
From Revolution to Reconstruction
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
Outline of the Early American and Colonial Period to 1776
Resources for Honors Am. Lit. Assignment 4 on the above Native American, New Spain and New France Study Guide:
A. Mexico/New Spain
Latino stories from American HistoryThe Real Racist Problem Behind Illegal Immigration
Exporting Immigrants, and Chaos
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://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/28/immigrants_champion_juan_gonzalez_on_ted
http://hemi.ps.tsoa.nyu.edu/archive/studentwork/colony/olson/Casta1.htm
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=964
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=130
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
"Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act"
B. New France/Quebec
French Canadian Emigration to the United States, 1840-1930http://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
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.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://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.
Native American Creation StoriesWorld 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
Metacom Relates Indian Complaints about the English Settlers, 1675
Puritanism & Other Early European-American
Colonial AmericaEducation in the 13 American Colonies
Back in the Day: Lessons From Colonial Classrooms
Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather
THE MALLEUS MALEFICARUM by SPRENGER AND KRAMER ~1484
The Salem Witch Museum - Salem, Massachusetts
Recent Developments in the Study of The Great European Witch Hunt
Early Modern Europe: The Witch Hunts
Crucible Sites
Exposition of Character in Act I Sheet (Word)Ogram's 17th Century New England Links contains MANY useful links, not just 17th century stuff
The Fight for America: Senator Joseph McCarthy
Retrospective: Culture, Politics, and McCarthyism
Naming Names: Social Costs of McCarthyism
SCORE Cyber Guide to The Crucible
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
Newspapers/Magazines, etc. for research of Modern-Day IssuesListings for all New Hampshire papers
Outline of Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers, 1776-1820
Romanticism/Irving/Poe/Transcendentalism/Hawthorne/Melville/Whitman/Dickinson/Realism: Crane, Cather, etc.
Outline of the Romantic Period, 1820-1860: FictionOutline of the Romantic Period, 1820-1860: Essayists and Poets
Victoriana Library- Woman's Fashions 1825-1840
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" & PostscriptAlso try here for "Sleepy Hollow"
Chronology of Major Events in Poe's LifePoe Stories: An Exploration of Short Stories by EA Poe
Poe at On-Line Literature (searchable texts)
PAL Chapter 3: Early Nineteenth Century: Edgar Allan Poe
Poe Main Page at University of Virginia
Annotated "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Text of "The Fall of the House of Usher"
EDGAR ALLAN POE: Tales, Sketches and Selected Criticism
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
Poe Webliography Edgar Allan Poe on the Internet
Transcendentalism and Related Topics
Transcendental Optimists
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"
Ralph Waldo Emerson A Guide to Resources
Henry David Thoreau
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
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)
Transcendental Pessimists
Ms. Culliton's Scarlet Letter Page (contains study guide, notes, links to the book itself, etc.)
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
The Life and Works of Herman Melville
Herman Melville: Genius Ignored
Text of "Bartleby, The Scrivener"
Pittsfield, MA, Home of Melville
Ms. Culliton's "Bartleby" Study Guide
Back to beginning of 19th C.
The Classroom Electric: Dickinson, Whitman, and American Culture
Back to beginning of 19th C.
1924 version of Collected Poems
Higginson's Account of Dickinson
Emily Dickinson International Society
Realism, Mid-Late 19th Century, and Related Topics
Ms. Culliton's Crane and Cather PageOutline of The Rise of Realism: 1860-1914
Addison Wesley Longman Cather page
Willa Cather, Domestic Goddess
Nebraska Notables: Willa Cather
American Collection: The Song of the Lark
Back to beginning of 19th C.
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
Gatsby, Chapter One, Centers of Interest
Modern Drama
Inherit the Wind Sites
Transcript of PBS documentary "Monkey Trial"
Transcript of Darrow's questioning of Bryan
Scopes Trial Home Page from U. Missouri at Kansas City
INHERIT THE WIND VERSUS THE SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL
Themes in the play, from U. Virginia
History of the play on stage/screen
Monkeying with the Scopes Monkey Trial
Exposing the Lie in Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind: A Historical Analysis
Inherently Wind: A Hollywood History of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial
Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format
A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation
Crucible Sites
Exposition of Character in Act I Sheet (Word)
Ogram's 17th Century New England Links contains MANY useful links, not just 17th century stuff
On-Line Newshour (PBS): Hollywood Blacklisting
The Fight for America: Senator Joseph McCarthy
Retrospective: Culture, Politics, and McCarthyism
Naming Names: Social Costs of McCarthyism
SCORE Cyber Guide to The Crucible
Death of a Salesman Sites
John Steinbeck
East of Eden at National Steinbeck Center
Western Washington University site on the California Novels
East of Eden - about the 1981 film
East of Eden: Oprah's Book Club (registration required)
The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies
Penguin Reading Group Guide to East of Eden
Shirley Jackson
The Haunted World of Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson's relevance rises with the return of fear
Interpretation of "The Lottery"
Salon | Monstrous acts and little murders
Shirley Jackson's Influence on My Life (Essay)
Other Fiction
Voices from the Gaps: Alice Walker
The Beat Generation
A Cultural Chronology of Early Beat Generation Literature
Unspeakable Visions: The Beat Generation and The Bohemian Dialectic
No Girls Allowed: Women of the Beat Generation
The Beat Generation at the Blue Neon Alley
Women Poets of the Beat Generation
Muses or Maestros? Women of the Beat Generation
Gregory Corso page at Literary Kicks
Rebels with a Cause: Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965
McCarthyism and the Beat Generation
Modern American Poetry page on Ginsberg
The Inn Crowd: The Two Greenwich Village Bars That Mattered
Modern and Contemporary Poetry
English 88, Modern and Contemporary American Poetry