English 2 Honors - 2013 - 2014: September 2013

Saturday, 21 September 2013

Pioneering Art

EXAMINING MY ANTONIA'S HISTORICAL CONTEXT

DIRECTIONS: Use pioneer letters and narratives from the websites below, and your history or literature text books to research issues of American Westward Movement. 1. What was the effect of Manifest Destiny on native-born Americans and immigrants to the United States? 2. How did immigrants from various nations sustain a sense of self and cultural identity within the United States? 3. How did trains and the transcontinental railroad affect western settlement and urban growth along the rail lines? 4. How did women's lives and rights change from 1890 to 1920, especially in the West and Nebraska? 5. What aspects and promises of pioneering were emphasized by popular novels and advertisements to encourage settlement of the West? 6. How quickly did changes in communications, road systems, and "civilizations" come to western states? YOU MUST WORK IN YOUR GROUP TO ANSWER YOUR ASSIGNED QUESTION. YOU MUST USE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. YOU WILL BE REPORTING BACK TO YOUR CLASSMATES. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/five/nebraska.htm
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
http://historymatters.gmu.edu http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/ http://tdl.org/txlor-dspace/bitstream/handle/2249.3/684/05_changes_transport.htm?sequence=17 http://www.elderweb.com/book/export/html/2816

DYSA African American English (or Ebonics) in the classroom

Do You Speak American?

PIONEERING MUSIC - MY ANTONIA

Directions: Group members should each pick a song to research. All group members need to work with one another to answer the following questions for ONE of the listed. 1. At what time in HISTORY was this song written and most popular? Can you find anything out about the writers, originators, or composers of this song? 2. Read the lyrics and text of the song? What is the purpose communicated through the diction, imagery, irony, and syntax of the song? Do these words change meaning over time? Do you see any shifts or changes in the song over time? 3. How does the musicality, the tone, the tempo, the use of rhyme affect the meaning of the song? How do these things affect the emotions of the listeners? 4. Who originally performed this song? Who is the most famous performer of this song and why do you believe that is? 5. Looking at the song rhetorically, what do you believe is the purpose or agenda behind this song? 6. What does this song say about life during the time it was first performed and sung? What is the genre of your song? 7. Consider the characters and speakers within the songs. Are any gender issues presented? What emotions or feelings do the songs appeal to in its singers or in its listeners?