- Eng. 9 Course Literature

The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd

Essential Question: What or who empowers us to reveal the truth based on fears that haunt us from our past?

Whirligig,

Paul Fleischman

Essential Question: How does one truly atone for tragic errors of judgement that may have been prevented?

Do all concurrences happen for a reason?

Of Mice and Men,

John Steinbeck

Essential Question:

What virtues and/or vices lie at the core of reaching and sustaining the American Dream?

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress,

Dai Sijie

Essential Question:

How does individual thought, intellectual pursuit, self expression, and passion become squelched when dominated by authoritarian rule?

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Essentail Question: How do we teach tolerance and maintain justice within communities that foster a culture of intolerance?

Maus II, Art Spiegleman

Essential Question:

How do survivors of ethnic and cultural cleansing, heal, teach, and enlighten us despite the grave injustices inflicted on them?

The Education of Little Tree,

Forrest Carter

Essential Question:

How do we find the courage and initiative to preserve and pursue authentic and alternative education in a civilized world that has lost the meaning of what it means to be civil.

Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

Essential Question: What obstacles stand in the way of true love?