American Lit

American Dream

• “Has US literature woken from the American dream?” interesting article from The Guardian

African American literature and history

• “A History of Slavery in the United States” is an easy, interactive timeline of slavery in the U.S.
• “Slavery and the Making of America” a guide to slavery in the States by PBS
• “Freedom’s Story: Teaching African American Literature and History” by the National Humanities Center
• “African American Spirituals” by The McGraw-Hill Companies
• Introduction to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (video) by PBS’ “American Experience”

American Romanticism

• American Romanticism class worksheet

Transcendentalism

• Transcendentalism in America worksheet
• Transcendentalism in America worksheet answer key

Twentieth Century

• Literary Modernism class handout