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Teachman, Debra – 2003
Immediately popular when published over a century and a half ago, the novel "Jane Eyre" has continued to find appreciative audiences ever since. This student casebook offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Charlotte Bronte's landmark novel. While the casebook gives literary analysis, it also contextualizes the novel in…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Cultural Context, English Literature, Learning Activities
Understanding "Great Expectations": A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents.
Newlin, George – 2003
More than 100 years after being written, "Great Expectations" is still one of the most widely studied works of fiction. This casebook of historical documents, collateral readings and essays brings to life both Charles Dickens' masterpiece and the social issues surrounding his work. The interdisciplinary approach in the casebook offers…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Cultural Context, English Literature, Learning Activities
Rodden, John – 2003
"Animal Farm" is a political allegory of the USSR written in the form of a fable. Its stinging moral warning against the abuse of power is demonstrated in this casebook through a wide variety of historical, political, and literary documents that are directly applicable to George Orwell's novel. Included in the casebook are passages from…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, English Literature, European History, Fables
Gross, Dalton; Gross, MaryJean – 2002
Today, more than 70 years after its publication, the novel "The Great Gatsby" seems as fresh and pertinent to American life as it did in the 1920s. The social, cultural, and historical milieu of the 1920s reflected in its pages is not so very different from that of today. This interdisciplinary collection of commentary and collateral…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Context, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Pinsker, Sanford; Pinsker, Ann – 2002
The social, cultural, and historical documents and commentary in this casebook illuminate the reading of "The Catcher in the Rye," a novel that has become an important rite of passage for many young adults. In addition to a literary analysis, the casebook acquaints students with the larger world in which Holden Caulfield, the…
Descriptors: Censorship, Class Activities, Cultural Context, Instructional Materials
Derrick, Thomas – 2002
This casebook of materials about William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" will enrich students' understanding of the historical context of the play and encourage interpretations of its cultural meaning. Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" reflects perennial cultural concerns about order and freedom, particularly as they clash in the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classics (Literature), Cultural Context, Drama
Kopf, Hedda Rosner – 2003
Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl" is the most widely read text about the Holocaust, yet it represents only one example of the tragic consequences of the Nazi policy to eliminate the Jews of Europe during World War II. This casebook enriches Anne Frank's remarkable personal account with a variety of historical documents that…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Cultural Context, Diaries, European History
