Concept:
Rebellion
THROUGHLINEÆ What factors create a desire for rebellion?
Literature Choices
Content Focus
from The History of Plymouth Plantation
“Speech to the Women’s Rights
Convention”
“Letter from a Birmingham Jail”*
“Harrison Bergeron”
That Was Then, This Is Now
“Barn Burning”*
Historical narrative, elements of
Puritanism, motivation
Natural world, humor
Motivation, elements of inference,
persuasion
Motivation, persuasion, elements of
inference
Sentimentalism, abolition, social
protest
Persuasive techniques, motivation,
rhetorical devices
Motivation, Civil Rights, protest
Motivation, equality
Motivation, perspective
Alienation, defiance
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Glass Menagerie*
Tex*
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest*
Reconstruction, prejudice
Depression Era, illusion vs. reality
Alienation, perspective
Treatment of mentally ill
To Kill A Mockingbird*
Prejudice, Thirties, alienation
“Traveling in a New Land”
“The Crisis”
“Speech in the Virginia Convention”
from Uncle Tom’s Cabin* (excerpt)
Elements/Techniques
Allusion
Irony, satire
Anecdote, satire, tone
Simile, metaphor, rhetorical questions,
parallelism, allusion
Allusion, characterization, setting
Irony, satire
Repetition, allusion
Characterization, satire, theme
Themes, point of view, imagery, setting
Characterization, point of view, imagery,
theme
Characterization, dialect, setting
Characterization, setting, theme, symbolism
Point of view, setting, characterization
Setting, characterization, irony, theme,
resolution
Characterization, setting, symbolism, theme
Concept:
Pride/Vengeance
THROUGHLINEÆ How does pride or desire for vengeance drive man's actions?
Literature Choices
Content Focus
Elements/Techniques
“The Trial of Martha Carrier”
from Sinners in the Hands of An Angry
God
“The Cask of Amontillado”
Vengeance, scapegoating, witchcraft
Sermon, God’s wrath, Puritanism
Tone
Extended metaphor
Gothic elements, vengeance
“Hop-Frog”
The Scarlet Letter*
Gothic elements, vengeance
Puritanism, scapegoating, witchcraft
The Crucible*
Puritanism, scapegoating, witchcraft
Of Mice And Men*
Depression Era, prejudice
Character, setting, symbolism,
foreshadowing
Character, setting, foreshadowing
Characterization, setting, theme, similemetaphor, symbolism
Irony, characterization, theme, setting,
allegory, paradox, foreshadowing
Characterization, setting, imagery, theme
*Title appears in more than one thematic unit.
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Concept:
Identity / Rite of Passage
THROUGHLINEÆ How does literature help me to find (define) myself?
Literature Choices
Content Focus
Elements/Techniques
“What is an American?”
“Young Goodman Brown”*
Epistle, supporting opinion
Romanticism
“The Bear”*
Romanticism, style
The Red Badge of Courage
Romanticism, abstract concepts
The Catcher in the Rye
Depression Era, conformity, phoniness
Coming of Age in Mississippi*
Prejudice, poverty
Tone, symbolism, imagery
Allegory, imagery, foreshadowing,
symbolism
Allusion, setting, symbol, theme,
characterization
Point of view, image, setting, theme,
characterization symbolism
Setting, characterization, theme,
symbolism
Theme, characterization, irony
“Barn Burning”*
Epiphany, defiance
Point-of-view, setting, theme
“Flight”
Setting, motivation, theme/lesson
“The Erne from the Coast”*
Motivation, misunderstanding
Setting, foreshadowing, characterization,
imagery
Characterization, theme, plot
Ordinary People
Clinical depression, misunderstanding
To Kill a Mockingbird*
Prejudice, Thirties, alienation
Swallowing Stones*
“Upon the Burning of Our House”
Integrity, courage, loyalty, guilt,
stereotyping
Puritanism
“To My Dear and Loving Husband”
Puritanism
Characterization, paradox
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Reconstruction, prejudice
Characterization, dialect, setting
Characterization, tone, theme,
foreshadowing, flashback
Characterization, setting, symbolism,
theme
Symbolism, characterization, theme
Characterization, setting, conflict
Concept:
Justice/Injustice
THROUGHLINEÆ How have victims of injustice instituted change?
Literature Choices
Content Focus
Elements/Techniques
from Uncle Tom’s Cabin*
“What The Black Man Wants”
“Women in the 19th Century”
Underground railroad, abolition
Rights, social protest
Social awareness, WWII,
Transcendentalism
Equality
Native American issues
Allusion, characterization, setting
Metaphor, theme
Metaphor, irony
Naturalism, fate
Point of view, sequence, euthanasia
Irony, vignette, paradox
Flashback, stream-of-consciousness,
theme
Simile-metaphor, imagery, setting,
characterization, theme
Setting, theme, characterization, tone
Setting, foreshadowing, theme,
characterization, tone
Characterization, setting, theme
Symbolism, theme, characterization
Setting, characterization, irony, theme,
resolution
“Speech to the Women’s Rights Convention”
“My Heart Feels Like Bursting” and “I Will
Fight No More Forever”*
“An Episode of War”
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”*
Of Mice and Men*
Prejudice, retardation
Coming of Age in Mississippi*
A Farewell to Manzanar
Prejudice and discrimination
Discrimination and prejudice,
internment, WWII
Sharecropping
Self-sacrifice
Treatment of mentally ill
“The Man Who Saw The Flood”*
“A Worn Path”
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest*
*Title appears in more than one thematic unit.
Irony, satire
Tone, connotation, denotation
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Concept:
Choices/Consequences
THROUGHLINEÆ In what ways does man react to the consequenses
of his choices?
Literature Choices
Content Focus
from The History of Plymouth
Plantation*
“Traveling To A New Land”*
“My Heart Feels Like Bursting” and
“I Will Fight No More Forever”*
“A New England Nun”
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek
Bridge”*
The Old Man and The Sea
Puritanism
Allusion
Secular world/nature
Native American issues
Irony, satire
Tone
Individualism, integrity,
Realism
Dedication to a cause
Characterization, foreshadowing
Perseverance, friendship,
faith
Romanticism, folk tale,
cultural attitudes
Sharecropping, integrity
Self-sacrifice
“The Devil And Tom Walker”
“The Man Who Saw the Flood”*
“A Worn Path”*
The Great Gatsby
Twenties, immorality,
obsession
Integrity, courage, loyalty,
guilt, stereotyping
Swallowing Stones*
Elements/Techniques
Flashback, stream-ofconsciousness
Setting, characterization,
symbolism, imagery
Setting, tone, irony,
characterization, symbolism
Characterization, setting, theme
Symbolism, characterization,
theme, conflict
Irony, symbolism, theme,
characterization, setting
Symbolism, characterization,
theme
Concept: Freedom/Independence
THROUGHLINE→What price is man willing to pay for freedom?
Literature Choices
Content Focus
Elements/Techniques
“Declaration of Independence”
Persuasion, reason and logic
Parallelism
Maxims of Emerson
Transcendentalism
Paradox
“Why I Went To The Woods”
from Civil Disobedience
“Letter From a Birmingham Jail”*
from Uncle Tom’s Cabin*
“Gettysburg Address”
“A Slave Narrative”
Transcendentalism, self-reliance
Transcendentalism, self-reliance
Equality, courage
Family, courage, divided loyalty
Context, connotation, reconciliation
Perspective
Tone, figurative language
Tone, symbolism
Tone, allusion, setting, character
Allusion, characterization, setting
Tone, parallelism
Tone, irony
“Barn Burning”*
Class structure, post-Civil War South,
sharecropping
Point-of-view, setting, theme,
characterization
*Title appears in more than one thematic unit.
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Concept:
Loss/Betrayal (Disillusionment)
THROUGHLINEÆ How does loss, betrayal, or disillusionmenment alter a person’s perspective?
Literature Choices
The Scarlet Letter*
The Grapes of Wrath
Elements/Techniques
Allusion, atmosphere, theme, characterization,
foreshadowing, symbolism, setting, imagery
Irony, setting, symbolism, theme, tone,
paradox, atmosphere, characterization
Romanticism/Puritanism
Setting, symbolism, theme
Gothic elements, style, effect
Characterization, foreshadowing, setting,
theme
Salvation, sacrifice, individualism
Stream-of-consciousness, tone, irony,
symbolism, theme
“Lost generation,” immorality, obsession Characterization, setting, theme
Prejudice
Metaphor
Prejudice
Symbolism
Emotional depression, materialism
Irony, characterization
Depression Era, illusion, family
Setting, characterization, symbolism, theme,
imagery
Twenties, immorality, obsession
Irony, symbolism, theme, characterization,
setting
Depression Era
Setting, characterization, theme
The Jungle
Social protest, muckraking
Characterization, setting, theme
“The Raven”
Death
Conflict, theme, characterization
The Crucible*
“Young Goodman Brown”*
“The Fall of the House of Usher”*
“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”
“Winter Dreams”
“We Wear a Mask”
“Sympathy”
“Richard Corey”
The Glass Menagerie*
The Great Gatsby*
Content Focus
Setting, Puritanism, sacrifice,
redemption
Setting, scapegoating
Concept:
Loss/Betrayal (Disillusionment)
THROUGHLINEÆ How does loss, betrayal, or disillusionmenment
alter a person’s perspective?
Literature Choices
Content Focus
Of Mice And Men*
Elements/Techniques
Depression Era, prejudice, alienation,
friendship
Discontent, defiance
Simile-metaphor, imagery, setting,
characterization
Point of view, setting, characterization
Allusion, repetition, metaphor
“The Yellow Wallpaper”
Disappointment, motivation, prejudice,
non-violence
Obsession, clinical depression
Characterization, symbolism, theme, setting
“Ringing of the Bells”
Mental illness
Symbolism, theme
Ordinary People*
Clinical depression, misunderstanding
“A Rose for Emily”
Obsession, class structure
Foreshadowing, flashback, characterization,
tone, theme
Symbolism, characterization, setting
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest*
Treatment of mentally ill
Swallowing Stones*
Integrity, courage, loyalty
“Barn Burning”*
“Letter from a Birmingham Jail”*
*Title appears in more than one thematic unit.
Setting, characterization, irony, theme,
resolution
Symbolism, characterization, theme, imagery
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Concept: Nature/Survival
THROUGHLINEÆ How is nature romanticized in literature?
Literature Choices
Content Focus
“Bears”*
“To A Waterfowl”
“This Sacred Soil”
“Thanatopsis”
The Old Man And The Sea*
Secular/sectionalism
Romanticism, theme
Tone, context
Romanticism, blank verse, theme
Setting, friendship, self-reliance
Fallen Angels
"The Bear"
Vietnam War
Romanticism, style
“The Chambered Nautilus”
Romanticism, mythology
Concept:
Supernatural/Sci-Fi
THROUGHLINEÆ How does a look at the supernatural world help us
to understand the real world?
Literature Choices
Content Focus
Elements/Techniques
Personification
Metaphor
Figurative language
Metaphor
Setting, characterization, symbolism,
imagery
Setting, characterization, theme, tone
Allusion, setting, symbolism, theme,
characterization
Figurative language, metaphor, allusion
Elements/Techniques
“The Devil And Tom Walker”*
Romanticism, folk tale
“Harrison Bergeron”*
Futuristic genre
Tone, setting, irony, characterization,
symbolism
Characterization, satire
“April 2005: Usher II”*
Futuristic elements
Setting, characterization
Concept: The Research Paper
Literature Choices
Content Focus
Elements/Techniques
Influence or style
Independently developed by students
Source cards
Note cards/database
Outline
Internal documentation (MLA)
Works cited
References from primary sources
Rough draft
Final copy
Research Project:
Include: cited quotations, works-cited
page, and evidence of adhering to
research process and criterion provided
by teacher
Suggested Topic:
Discuss influences on writing or
particular style of a chosen
Author
*Title appears in more than one thematic unit.
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