American Literature

Life Skills and Career

Career and Interest assessments -- Minnesota State

Writing and Grammar practice

Conjunctions, Interjections, & Prepositions (quizlet)

Pronoun practice (identify types/Kahoot)

Biblical Filter Lecture

• PowerPoint Lecture on "Why Do We Bother?" (Literature/creativity)
• Creation and Creativity -- Clip (5min) -- Tim Keller: why do we create?
• Humble Cultural Engagement -- 24 min -- Tim Keller:  how does the Gospel affect our culture?
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ScA rlet Letter

• Introductory and Novel Notes (powerpoint provided by Mrs. Reilly)
• No Fear Literature modern version with original
• EMC Access Ed./hardcopy The Scarlet Letter
• Link to YouTube channel:  YouTube site:  LCA.ALCOVE
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC03cJnWNoNt1Ga3Ewc3E7bw  
  Email:  XCClassroom@gmail.com
  Password:  available from Mrs. Reilly

Transcendentalists and Essays

Literature of the Revolutionaries

• Literature of the Revolutionaries--PowerPoint Notes
• Patrick Henry's Speech Before the Virginia Convention
• Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" (selection)
• Thomas Paine's "The Crisis, No. 1" (selection)
• Ben Franklin's "Poor Richard" Aphorisms

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

• Missing the Point of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (blog)
• Jonathon Edwards and the Great Awakening (video) (5 mins.)

American Philosophies and World Views

• PPT Notes on "World Views and Art"
• American Philosophy according to Wikipedia
• Teaching American Philosophy
• Timeline of American Thought
• Worldview Resources (Christian viewpoint)
• "Total Truth" --SUMMIT MINISTRIES/Nancy Pearcey (Christian Viewpoint)
• "For Such a Time as This" (Christian Viewpoint) 
• Understanding what a world view is by James Sire (Christian Viewpoint)
• ALSO, do Google searches for the world view you are studying versus Christianity, God, or the Bible. For example: "Transcendentalism verses the Bible"  
• FURTHERMORE, Mrs. Reilly has a Christian American Literature textbook that can be used as a resource.

What we want to see in your information:  what was the world view/philosophy of the time and how does it line up with the Biblical world view (God's standards of truth).

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Jonathon Edwards

• Edwards biography and other details
• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Complete sermon.
• Vocab from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

ScA rlet Letter

• No Fear Literature modern version with original
• EMC Access Ed./hardcopy The Scarlet Letter

The Sound of History
Negro Spirituals -- Playlist on YouTube




The last of the above list is an entire 90 minute concert with

Jessye Norman & Kathleen Battle and includes the following spirituals:

00:01 In That Great Getting Up Morning 04:34 Great Day07:23 Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass 11:54 Over My Head / 14:36 Lil' David / 17:20 Over My Head19:04 Oh, What A Beautiful City 21:55 Lord, How Come Me Here 26:59 I Believe I'll Go Back Home / 28:44 Lord, Won't You Help Me 31:55 Witness35:12 Give Me Jesus40:04 Swing Low, Sweet chariot / 43:21 Ride Up In The Chariot45:18 Deep River49:59 Certainly, Lord52:26 Ride On, King Jesus 55:33 Oh, Glory 59:59 Scandalize My Name 1:04:21 Talk about a Child 1:07:02 Ain'-a That Good News1:08:30 You Can Tell the World (Joy To My Soul)1:11:23 Calvary / They Crucified My Lord 1:16:56 My God Is So High 1:19:22. There Is A Balm In Gilead 1:24:13. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

• American Transcendentalism (Perspectives in Amer Lit)
• Emily Dickinson:  Dickinson Video:  Before IGot My Eye Put Out
• Mark Twain: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County.
• Gift of the Magi/O'Henry -- text online