Realism

Featured author for this period...

Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin

• • The Awakening

  • Kate Chopin- biographical information from the Kate Chopin International Society.

  • We'll watch School House Rock's "Sufferin' Till Suffrage"  in class and you can check out the lyrics here.  (Check out the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.)

  • Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement 1848 - 1998 - scroll down to read  "A Declaration of Sentiments is Drafted". This is a great resource from the National Womens' History Project with a wealth of information about the ongoing struggle for Women's rights spanning  over 150 years.

  •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Short Story: "The Story of an Hour" p. 642

Even more to explore...

Ambrose Bierce 

• •  Ambrose Bierce- an informative resource from the Poetry Foundation.

  •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources: 

    • • Short Story: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" p. 518 

Stephen Crane 

• • Stephen Crane- interesting information about Crane from Biography.com.

  • Stephen Crane- links to some of Crane's works as well as biographical information from the Poetry Foundation. 

  • Casualties of Battle- An informative source and connection to "An Episode of War" from the National Park Service: Antietam, National Battlefield- Maryland. 

  • Series: A Most Horrid Picture-  another informative source and connection to "An Episode of War" from the National Park Service.  

  •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Short Story: "An Episode of War" p. 486

Mary Chestnut

• • Documenting the American South: A Diary from Dixie, as Written by Mary Boykin Chesnut- comprehensive resource from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  

  • Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Excerpt from Diary: "Mary Chestnut's Civil War" p. 550 

Frederick Douglas  

• • Africans in America Resource Bank: Frederick Douglass- an interesting site from PBS

  • The Frederick Douglass Papers - from the American Memory section of the Library of Congress online.

  •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Excerpt from Autobiography: "My Bondage and My Freedom" p. 506

Paul Lawrence Dunbar

• • Paul Lawrence Dunbar-  biographical information as well as links to some of his works, from the Academy of American Poets. 

  •   Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Poem: "Douglass" p. 652

      • Poem: "We Wear the Mask" p. 654

Stephen Foster (composer) & George Cooper (lyricist)   

• • Stephen Collins Foster- interesting biographical information from the University of Pittsburgh

  •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Song: "Willie Has Gone to the War" -p. 491

Warren Lee Goss

• •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Excerpt from Journal: "Recollections of a Private" p. 554

Bret Harte

• • Bret Harte- from the University of Washington, biographical information and links to e-texts.

  •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Short Story: "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" p. 592

Stonewall Jackson

• • Virginia Military Institute: Stonewall Jackson Resources

  •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Letter: "An Account of the Battle of Bull Run" p. 558

Robert E. Lee

• • Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial- this National Park Service site will let you explore the memorial and learn more about Lee.

  •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Letter: "Letter to His Son" p. 535

Abraham Lincoln

• • The White House: Abraham Lincoln- interesting biographical information

  • The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress

  • Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Speech: "The Gettysburg Address" p. 532

      • Speech: “Second Inaugural Address” p. 533

      • Public Document: “Emancipation Proclamation” p. 541

 Audio Book/MP3 

The Gettysburg Address is available as "literature for your eyes and ears" through LoudLit.org!