American Literature Unit One: Identity and Tolerance

Inquiry Questions:
Who are we as a person, a class, a school, a community, a country, and a world?
What pressures do we face from society?
How do we accept and tolerate those that are different from us, or can we?
Summative Assessments:
Grammar Pretest
Personal Narrative Essay
The Crucible Editorial Project
Some Standards Addressed Specific Terms and Skills
GR11.S1.GLE2.a.i: Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched
material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to
evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a
thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas. (CCSS: SL.11-12.1a)
GR11.S2.GLE1.a.ii: Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and
analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they
interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an
objective summary of the text. (CCSS: RL.11-12.2)
GR11.S2.GLE1.a.iii: Analyze the impact of the authors choices regarding how to
develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how
the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed). (CCSS:
RL.11-12.3)
GR11.S2.GLE1.b.i: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are
used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the
impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with
multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
(Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.) (CCSS: RL.11-12.4)
GR11.S2.GLE1.b.iii: Explain the influence of historical context on the form, style,
and point of view of a written work
GR11.S2.GLE1.c.ii: Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and
early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including
how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics.
(CCSS: RL.11-12.9)
Identity
Justice
Grammar Skills
Analyze
Evidence
Context
Context Clues
Tolerance

Possible Texts:
The Crucible
Huswifery
To My Dear and Loving Husband
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The Autobiography Franklin
Of Plymouth Plantation

Minimal coverage on The Scarlet Letter
Like a Girl video
Various articles
Identity by Julio Noboa Palenco
Try by Colbie Calliat