American literature

Complete the following project to demonstrate your understanding and mastery of the content covered in the Online Learning Unit this year.

Directions: This project consists of three parts as well as a short video explaining your project. You must complete ALL parts:
This year you have acquired knowledge about America’s history through your study of American literature. Complete the following parts to demonstrate what you have learnt about America’s history through your study of a variety of texts.

Part 1
Select ONE TEXT ONLY form one of the following units and complete the table below. (we have not studied these texts in class. However, I have included them in a booklet that is attached)
Unit 1: Writing Freedom/ American freedoms
Biography: from Dear Abigail: The intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters, Diane Jacobs
Expository Nonfiction: from America’s Constitution: A Biography, Akhil Reed Amar
Graphic Novel: from The United States Constitution: A Graphic Representation, Jonathan Hennessey and Aaron McConnell
Unit 2: The Individual and Society/Individualism in American society
Poetry Collection: The Poetry of Emily Dickinson, Emily Dickinson
Short Story: A Wagner Matinee, Willa Cather
Philosophical Writing: from Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau
Unit 3: Power, Protest, and Change/ Struggle for Freedom in America’s history
Speech: Ain’t I a Woman?, Sojourner Truth
Magazine Article: Was Brown v. Board a Failure?, Sarah Garland
Speech: from What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?, Frederick Douglass
Essay: What a Factory Can Teach a Housewife, Ida Tarbell
Unit 4: Grit and Grandeur/ America’s expansion and the importance of place
Literary Criticism: A Literature of Place, Barry Lopez
Media: American regional Art, Fine Art Gallery
Memoir: Introduction from The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday
Poetry Collection 1: Chicago/Wilderness, Carl Sandburg
Read and annotate the text. Then complete the following table for your chosen text
Chosen Text: _______________________
What did I learn about America’s history from the text? (You need to come up with three things) An example/quote from the text to support this idea is… Explain: this example/quote shows….
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Part 2
Create an outline for the following prompt: What did your chosen text teach you about America’s history?

How to organize an outline
Paper Title
Thesis statement
Major points/arguments indicated by Roman numerals (i.e., I, II, III, IV, V, etc.)
Support for your major points, indicated by capital Arabic numerals (i.e., A, B, C, D, E, etc.)

Follow the following structure of an outline:

Part 3
write an essay answering the following question: What did your chosen text teach you about America’s history? Make sure you provide evidence from your text to support your answer.

Follow the following structure of an essay

:You will need to create a short video (2minutes) explaining your project and you need to upload it to Stream. In your video, you will need to:
Explain the steps you had to follow in order to successfully complete your project.
Answer at least 3 of the following reflection questions