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| + | # What does it mean to be an American? | ||
| + | # How has the United States lived up to its original promise? | ||
| + | # How do history, culture, and literature inform and influence one another? | ||
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==Units== | ==Units== | ||
===Encounters and Adventures (1607-1765)=== | ===Encounters and Adventures (1607-1765)=== | ||
'''The Colonial Period to the Stamp Act''' | '''The Colonial Period to the Stamp Act''' | ||
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| + | The colonial period begins in 1607 with the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia and ends with the passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament. | ||
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| + | ====Essential Questions==== | ||
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| + | ====Potential Texts==== | ||
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| + | ''Bradstreet, Anne'' | ||
| + | * '''The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America''' | ||
===Nation Building (1765-1830)=== | ===Nation Building (1765-1830)=== | ||
Revision as of 13:52, 24 October 2013
Contents
Essential Questions for Course
- What does it mean to be an American?
- How has the United States lived up to its original promise?
- How do history, culture, and literature inform and influence one another?
Units
Encounters and Adventures (1607-1765)
The Colonial Period to the Stamp Act
The colonial period begins in 1607 with the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia and ends with the passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament.
Essential Questions
Potential Texts
Bradstreet, Anne
- The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
Nation Building (1765-1830)
The Revolutionary and Early National Periods
Dreams and Nightmares (1830-1865)
The Romantic Period through the Civil War
New Frontiers (1865-1914)
Realism, Regionalism, and Naturalism
Stepping Onto the Stage (1914-1945)
Modernism
The Center Cannot Hold (1945-?)
Postmodernism
