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How does reality inform fiction?
How does fiction influence reality?
We will study Mark Twain, the "founder of American literature", with some excerpts of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and studying life on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
We will also ponder the strong imaginative power of these stories, the soft power it has exerted on generations lulled into the American Dream, and may ask whether you are shaped by what you watch and read.
I. The Mississippi River: true facts
I. The Mississippi River: true facts
Let's learn about the Mississippi River: is it the longest river in the world? In North America? Let's get our facts straight and discover how important the river is in American history, economy, culture and...well...life!
1) Reading: River Facts on The National Park Services website
Mississippi River Facts_reading.pdf2) Videos
b. The Natural Balance Around New Orleans: Wetlands
b. The Natural Balance Around New Orleans: Wetlands
II. The Mythical Mississippi
II. The Mythical Mississippi
No one is more closely associated with the Mississippi as Mark Twain. We will discover why.
Who was Mark Twain?
Life on the Mississippi: read and compare
Life on the Mississippi: read and compare
reading 1_handout. Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi and museum of IL Life on Riverboats.pdfglossary of steamboats here
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