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1 Unit 1/Term 1 and 3 (9, 11, 12) Unit 2/Term 1 and 3 (9, 11, 12) Unit 3/Term 2 and 4 (9, 11, 12) Unit 4/Term 2 and 4 (9, 11, 12) COMMON CORE STANDARDS RL3, RL7 RIT3 W1, W3 SL6 L5 RL5 RIT8 W2 SL3 L3 RL6 RIT7, RIT5 W7, W8 SL2, SL4 RL9 RIT9 W6 SL5 Power Standards*: RL1, RL2, RL4, RL8.A, RL10; RIT1, RIT2, RIT4, RIT6, RIT10; W4, W5, W9, W10; SL1; L1, L2, L4, L6 THEMATIC CONNECTION Individuality Civil Disobedience Man s Connection to Nature Coming of Age Personal vs. Societal Morals Slavery / Racism The American Dream Morality Class Corruption of Wealth Disillusionment Racial Discrimination Importance of Family Hopes and Dreams ANCHOR TEXTS TRANSCENDENTALIST READER THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN THE GREAT GATSBY A RAISIN IN THE SUN

2 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How can nature help a person to understand himself or herself? Can a person remain an individual and still live in society? What can one individual do when confronted by moral conflict in society? What role does society play in shaping who we are? What does freedom mean to you? How do you go about making important decisions? What potential problems can arise from equating monetary success with happiness? What effect can materialism have on human relationships? How much can we control our destiny? Does the American Dream still exist? How do dreams help to pull us from the struggles of everyday life? What role does cultural identity play in your life? FURTHER TEACHER MATERIALS Synthesis Essay on Impact of Technological Advances on One s Happiness Huck Finn Abridged Reading Guide created by M. E. Dakin Synthesis essay on prohibition and legalization of marijuana Lorraine Hansberry s A Raisin in the Sun: A Curriculum Guide 2007 Creators: Barbara Brown, Jim Peerenboom, Virginia Warfield

3 Henry Books by D.B. Johnson War Prayer by Twain A Boy s Ambition by Twain The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald Oh The Places You ll Go by Seuss LITERARY TEXTS Much Madness is Divinest Sense by Emily Dickinson The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes We Wear the Mask by Paul Lawrence Dunbar A Dream Deferred and Madam and The Rent Man by Langston Hughes The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Robert Edwin Lee and Jerome Lawrence Down the River by Mark Twain Mr. Icky - The Quintessence of Quaintness in one-act by F. Scott Fitzgerald Death of a Salesman (excerpts) by Arthur Miller

4 Letter from Birmingham Jail by MLK Jr. The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro by Frederick Douglas Malcolm X quotes Last Call The Rise and Fall of Prohibition By Daniel Okrent Gender in Lorraine Hansberry s A Raisin in the Sun by Gary Weiner INFORMATIONAL TEXTS Transcendentalism by Theodore Parker published April 25, 1840 in The Christian Register Gettysburg Address by Lincoln Speech on Prohibition Delivered at Odeon, Oct. 22,1910 By Frederick William Lehmann Excerpts from A More Perfect Union March 18, Obama s speech on race in America Emerson: A Mind on Fire by Robert D. Richardson Jr. and Barry Moser Mark Twain: A Life by Mark Powers Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald By Matthew Joseph Bruccoli Young, Black, and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry By Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack

5 Society by Eddie Vedder Woodstock by Joni Mitchell (James Taylor s acoustic version) Transcendentalism in Music Project Death Letter Blues by Son House (for dialect) Working Class Hero by John Lennon (pair with Nick s comments on peasantry Ch. 5) 1920s Jazz I Am Not My Hair lyrics by India Arie MEDIA CONNECTIONS Various Nature scenes Photography from Civil Rights Marches and Sit-in Mapping the Escape Plan Map of Huck and Jim s travels on gradesaver.com Student produced art showing visual symbols in The Great Gatsby The World of Fitzgerald s Gatsby Map Various editions of book cover art for comparison and interpretation Into the Wild (2007) Dead Poet s Society (1989) Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) The Roaring 20 s (1939) Fitzgerald A&E Bio The Great Gatsby (2013) Good Hair - a documentary by Chris Rock A Raisin in the Sun (1961) Prohibition - a documentary by Ken Burns A Raisin in the Sun (2008)

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