Unit 4: Romanticism
During this unit students will study the Age of Romanticism in American history through literature. Students will learn that this period challenged the rational thinking from the Age of Reason. The growth and expansion in the United States fueled intuition, imagination, individualism and the role of nature as a source of spirituality in literature This period produced fewer instructional texts and more stories, novels, and poetry."This painting (circa 1872) by John Gast called American Progress, is an allegorical representation of the modernization of the new west. Here Columbia, a personification of the United States, leads civilization westward with American settlers, stringing telegraph wire as she sweeps west; she holds a school book as well. The different stages of economic activity of the pioneers are highlighted and, especially, the changing forms of transportation." (Manifest Destiny, Wikipedia)
Why does an author and his/her work fit the Romantic Period in American Literature, and not the Age of Reason?
What is the impact of the author’s choices in the development of the story/drama?
What is the impact of the author’s choices in the development of the story/drama?
How does an author use and refine terms over the course of a text?
How does reading and comprehending literary nonfiction at a high level of complexity benefit a reader?
What is the value of multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem?
How does reading and comprehending literary nonfiction at a high level of complexity benefit a reader?
How does someone write creatively to develop real or imagined experiences or events? How do I write creatively?
How do I use digital media collaboratively to support my learning as well as my classmates' learning?
How do I apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information?
