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A Gathering of VoicesLiterature of Early America (Beginnings to 1800)

Multiple Perspectives on the Era

Snapshot of the Period instructional essay and graphics 2

Historical Background instructional essay 4

Essential Questions Across Time: Early America instructional essay 6

Recent ScholaRShip

William L. Andrews America Begins with a Promise and a Paradox essay 14

Integrate and Evaluate Information 16

Part One: Meeting of CulturesComparing Literary Works: Mythic Archetypes

Onondaga The Earth on Turtle’s Back myth 20

Modoc When Grizzlies Walked Upright myth 24

Navajo from The Navajo Origin Legend myth 27

theMeS acRoSS centURieS: author’s insights

Susan Power Introduces Museum Indians essay 32

Susan Power Museum Indians essay 34

Dekanawidah from The Iroquois Constitution ANCHOR TEXT political document 42

Comparing Literary Works: Problems and Solutions

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca from A Journey Through Texas exploration narrative 48

García López Boulders Taller Than de Cárdenas the Great Tower of Seville exploration narrative 52

William Bradford from Of Plymouth Plantation narrative account 58The Mayflower history connection 60

Contemporary Connection: Exploration Past and Present

Steve Squyres from Mars Rover Mission Update blog 69

Part twO: the Puritan influenCeAnne Bradstreet To My Dear and Loving Husband poem 76

The Tenth Muse world literature connection 78

Edward Taylor Huswifery poem 82

Jonathan Edwards from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ANCHOR TEXT sermon 86Biblical Imagery literature connection 88

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Part three: A NAtioN is BorNExtended Study: Speeches

Elements of Speeches 96

Frederick Douglass from What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July speech 97

Patrick Henry Speech in the Virginia Convention speech 100

Benjamin Franklin Speech in the Convention speech 105

Comparing Literary Works: Appeals to Audience

Thomas Jefferson The Declaration of Independence ANCHOR TEXT political document 112

John Locke and the Social Contract philosophy connection 114

Thomas Paine from The American Crisis ANCHOR TEXT political essay 117

Phillis Wheatley To His Excellency, General Washington poem 124

Reading for information: Analyzing Functional and Argumentative Texts

How to Watch a Debate functional text 129

Help North Texas Vote argumentative text 132

Extended Study: Benjamin Franklin

Literary History: Franklin’s World instructional essay 134

Meet the Author: Benjamin Franklin biography 136

Benjamin Franklin from The Autobiography autobiography 140Socrates world literature connection 142Benjamin Franklin in Our World cultural connection 146

William L. Andrews Benjamin Franklin: America’s Everyman essay 147

Benjamin Franklin from Poor Richard’s Almanack proverbs 148Proverbs: The Wisdom of Many world literature connection 151

Comparing Autobiography Past and PresentA Gallery of Autobiography illustrated history 156

Sandra Cisneros Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday autobiography 158

themes across centuries: scholar’s insights William L. Andrews Introduces Olaudah Equiano essay 166

Olaudah Equiano from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano autobiography 170

The Slave Trade economic connection 174

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Research Project: Primary Sources

John Adams Letter from the President’s House letter 181

Abigail Adams Letter to Her Daughter From the New White House letter 182

Benjamin Henry Latrobe Floor Plan of the President’s House blueprint 184

Writing Workshop: Autobiographical Narrative 188

Speaking and Listening: Evaluate Persuasive Speech 196

Language Study: Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus 198

Text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 200a

Common Core Assessment Workshop: Test-Taking Practice 200

Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks 204

Independent Reading 206

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A Growing NationLiterature of the American Renaissance (1800 to 1870)




Essential Questions Across Time: The American Renaissance instructional essay 214

Recent ScholaRShip

Gretel Ehrlich Inspired by Nature essay 222

integrate and Evaluate information 224

Part One: Fireside and CampFireWashington Irving The Devil and Tom Walker ANCHOR TEXT short story 228 The Faust Legend world literature connection 235


Thomas Jefferson Commission of Meriwether Lewis commission 245

Meriwether Lewis Crossing the Great Divide field report 250

Comparing Literary Works: Meter and Mood

Henry WadsworthLongfellow from The Song of Hiawatha poem 258 The Fireside Poets literature connection 259

The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls poem 260

William Cullen Bryant Thanatopsis poem 262

Oliver WendellHolmes Old Ironsides poem 266

Part twO: shadows oF the imaginationNathaniel Hawthorne The Minister’s Black Veil ANCHOR TEXT short story 272 Jonathan Edwards, Puritans, and Sermons of Fear history connection 276

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Part FOUr: AmericAn mAstersExtended Study: Poetry

Elements of Poetry 402Billy Collins Man Listening to Disc poem 403Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death poem 408 I heard a Fly buzz—when I died poem 410 There’s a certain Slant of light poem 412 My life closed twice before its close poem 413 Capturing the Moment world literature connection 413 The Soul selects her own Society poem 414 The Brain—is wider than the Sky poem 415 There is a solitude of space poem 416 Water, is taught by thirst poem 417Galway Kinnell Reckless Genius literary criticism 418Walt Whitman from Preface to the 1855 Edition of Leaves essay 426 of Grass ANCHOR TEXT

from Song of Myself poem 428 When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer poem 432 By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame poem 433 I Hear America Singing poem 434 A Noiseless Patient Spider poem 436James E. Miller, Jr. America’s Epic literary criticism 437

Writing Workshop: Reflective Essay 440

Speaking and Listening: Write and Deliver a Persuasive Speech 448

Language Study: Etymology: Political Science/History Terms 450





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Division, Reconciliation, and ExpansionLiterature of the Civil War and the Frontier (1850 to 1914)


Snapshot of the Period instructional essay and graphics 462Historical Background instructional essay 464Essential Questions Across Time: The Civil War and the Frontier instructional essay 466

Recent ScholaRShipNell Irvin Painter Defining an Era essay 474Integrate and Evaluate Information 476

Part One: A NAtioN DiviDeDAmbrose Bierce An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge short story 480

The Battle of Shiloh history connection 485Research Project: Primary SourcesMary Chesnut from Mary Chesnut’s Civil War diary 495Warren Lee Goss Recollections of a Private journal 500Randolph McKim A Confederate Account of the Battle of Gettysburg diary 502

Stephen Crane An Episode of War short story 508Photographer Mathew Brady humanities connection 509

Extended Study: Narrative NonfictionDefining Narrative Nonfiction 516

Richard Wright from Black Boy autobiography 517Frederick Douglass from My Bondage and My Freedom ANCHOR TEXT autobiography 520

Slave Narratives history connection 526

Comparing Literary Works: Refrains

Traditional Go Down, Moses spiritual 532Traditional Swing Low, Sweet Chariot spiritual 534

Comparing Literary Works: Writer’s View of Civil War

Abraham Lincoln The Gettysburg Address speech 538Robert E. Lee Letter to His Son letter 541

Contemporary Connection: Civil War Writings Past and Present

Anthony Minghella from Cold Mountain screenplay excerpt 546

theMeS acRoSS centURieS: Scholar’s insights

Nell Irvin Painter Introduces Sojourner Truth essay 550Sojourner Truth An Account of an Experience

With Discrimination first-person account 554

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it3Reading for information: Analyzing Functional and Expository TextsA Community’s Roots expository text 559Virginia Department of Historic Resources Form functional text 561

Part two: Forging new FrontiersExtended Study: Mark Twain

Literary History: Twain’s World instructional essay 564

Meet the Author: Mark Twain biography 566

Mark Twain from Life on the Mississippi autobiography 570

from How to Tell a Story literary criticism 575 The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County short story 576

Comparing Humor Past and Present

“School” of American Humor illustrated literary history 586

Bill Bryson from The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid memoir 589

Jack London To Build a Fire short story 596Dogs and the Yukon history connection 602


Miriam Davis Colt Heading West ANCHOR TEXT personal history 617

Chief Joseph I Will Fight No More Forever ANCHOR TEXT speech 622

Part three: Living in a Changing worLdKate Chopin The Story of an Hour ANCHOR TEXT short story 628

Challenging Women’s Roles world literature connection 631

Paul Laurence Dunbar Douglass poem 636

We Wear the Mask poem 638Edwin Arlington Robinson Luke Havergal poem 642

Richard Cory poem 644

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Extended Study: Edgar Allan Poe

Meet the Author: Edgar Allan Poe biography 288Poe and Pop Culture cultural connection 290

Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher short story 292

On Writing “The Raven” literary criticism 311

The Raven poem 312

Comparing Gothic Literature Past and Present

The Gothic Family Tree illustrated literary history 322

Joyce Carol Oates Where Is Here? short story 325

Herman Melville from Moby Dick novel excerpt 336The Golden Age of Yankee Whaling history connection 344The Whale as Archetype humanities connection 346

Part three: The human SpiriT and The naTural WorldExtended Study: Transcendentalism

Literary History: The Transcendentalists

Transcendentalism: The Seekers instructional essay 360

themes across centuries: scholar’s insights

Charles Johnson On Ralph Waldo Emerson essay 362

Ralph Waldo Emerson from Nature essay 366

from Self-Reliance essay 369

Concord Hymn poem 371

themes across centuries: scholar’s insights

Gretel Ehrlich Introduces Henry David Thoreau essay 374

Henry David Thoreau from Walden essay 378

Mount Olympus world literature connection 382 from Civil Disobedience ANCHOR TEXT essay 388

Reading for Information: Analyzing Functional and Expository Texts

Water on Tap functional text 393

South Florida Environmental Report expository text 395

Contemporary Connection: Embracing Wilderness Past and Present

Bridget Besaw Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail photographs 398

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Essential Questions Across Time: The Modern Age instructional essay 694

Recent ScholaRShip

Tim O’Brien Literature as a Magic Carpet essay 702


Part One: Facing Troubled TimesT. S. Eliot The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock poem 708 Modernism humanities connection 713

Comparing Literary Works: Imagism

Ezra Pound A Few Don’ts literary manifesto 719

In a Station of the Metro poem 722

William Carlos Williams The Red Wheelbarrow poem 723 This Is Just to Say poem 723 The Great Figure poem 724H. D. Pear Tree poem 725

F. Scott Fitzgerald Winter Dreams ANCHOR TEXT short story 730 Fitzgerald’s Elusive Women cultural connection 742 The Jazz Age cultural connection 746

John Steinbeck The Turtle from The Grapes of Wrath novel excerpt 758


Dorothea Lange Migrant Mother photographs 767Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl Blues ballad 768

W. H. Auden The Unknown Citizen poem 774E. E. Cummings old age sticks poem 780 anyone lived in a pretty how town poem 781

Comparing Literary Works: Theme

Wallace Stevens Of Modern Poetry poem 786

Archibald MacLeish Ars Poetica poem 789

Marianne Moore Poetry poem 791

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Part tWO: From EvEry CornEr oF thE LandExtended Study: Short Stories

Elements of Short Stories 796

Sarah Orne Jewett from A White Heron short story 797

Ernest Hemingway In Another Country ANCHOR TEXT short story 800

THEMES ACROSS TiME: Author’s insights

Tim O’Brien Introduces Ambush essay 808

Tim O’Brien Ambush short story 810

William Faulkner A Rose for Emily short story 816 Two Influential Writers literature connection 820

Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech speech 828

Katherine Anne Porter The Jilting of Granny Weatherall short story 834 House Calls history connection 836

Eudora Welty A Worn Path short story 848 The Hero’s Quest world literature connection 851

James Thurber The Night the Ghost Got In humorous essay 860

Comparing Literary Works: Personification

Carl Sandburg Chicago poem 868

Grass poem 870

Robert Frost Birches poem 874

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening poem 877

Mending Wall poem 878

“Out, Out—” poem 880

Acquainted With the Night poem 882 Terza Rima world literature connection 883

The Gift Outright poem 884

Contemporary Connection: Cartooning as Literature

Jules Feiffer Trapped in a Comic Book graphic story 889

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Part three: The harlem renaissanceExtended Study: Langston Hughes

Literary History: Langston Hughes and Harlem instructional essay 896

Langston Hughes biography 898

Langston Hughes The Negro Speaks of Rivers poem 902

I, Too poem 904

Dream Variations poem 906

Refugee in America poem 907

Comparing Poetry of Cultural Identity

Poetry of Identity illustrated literary history 912

Lucille Clifton Study the Masters poem 915

Colleen McElroy For My Children poem 916

Comparing Literary Works: Imagery

Claude McKay The Tropics in New York poem 923

Arna Bontemps A Black Man Talks of Reaping poem 924

Countee Cullen From the Dark Tower poem 926

Zora Neale Hurston from Dust Tracks on a Road ANCHOR TEXT autobiography 930Zora Neale Hurston Rediscovered literature connection 935

Reading for Information: Analyzing Functional and Expository Texts

Son of Citation Machine functional text 939

Wikipedia Article, Atlanta Braves expository text 941

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Writing Workshop: Multimedia Presentation of an Argument 944

Speaking and Listening: Analyze a Nonprint Political Advertisement 952

Language Study: Etymology: Scientific, Medical, and Mathematical Terms 954





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Essential Questions Across Time: The Post-War Era instructional essay 970

Recent ScholaRShip

Arthur Miller The Purpose of Theater essay 978


Part One: War Shock

Comparing Literary Works: Author’s Perspective

John Hersey from Hiroshima ANCHOR TEXT nonfiction 984 B-29 Bombers history connection 986 World War II history connection 992

Randall Jarrell The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner poem 997

Research Project: Primary Sources Junk Rally poster 1003

Dr. Seuss The Battle of the Easy Chair editorial cartoon 1004

Editors of The New York Times Backing the Attack editorial 1005

Part twO: TradiTion and rebellionFlannery O’Connor The Life You Save May Be Your Own short story 1012

Bernard Malamud The First Seven Years short story 1028

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Constantly Risking Absurdity poem 1042

Contemporary Connection: Artistic Upstarts Past and Present

Improv Everywhere Subway Birthday electronic nonfiction narrative 1047

Sylvia Plath Mirror ANCHOR TEXT poem 1052

Anne Sexton Courage ANCHOR TEXT poem 1053

Theodore Roethke Cuttings poem 1058

Cuttings (later) poem 1060

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Comparing Literary Works: Repetition and Parallelism

Gwendolyn Brooks The Explorer poem 1064

Robert Hayden Frederick Douglass poem 1066

Elizabeth Bishop One Art poem 1072 The Villanelle literature connection 1073

Filling Station poem 1074

Part tHrEE: Literature of ProtestJames Baldwin The Rockpile short story 1082 James Baldwin and the Church cultural connection 1088

Toni Morrison Life in His Language eulogy 1096

Comparing Literary Works: Rhetorical Devices

John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address ANCHOR TEXT speech 1104

Martin Luther King, Jr. from Letter from Birmingham City Jail ANCHOR TEXT letter 1109

Extended Study: Drama

Defining Drama instructional essay 1116

Lorraine Hansberry from A Raisin in the Sun drama 1117

Author in Depth: Arthur Miller biography 1118

THEMES ACROSS TIME: Author’s Insights

Arthur Miller Miller on The Crucible essay 1120

The Crucible, Act 1 drama 1126 History Repeats Itself history connection 1132 Maxim Gorky world literature connection 1137 The Inquisition history connection 1145 The Crucible, Act 2 drama 1161 Arthur Miller and the Blacklist history connection 1166 Bertolt Brecht world literature connection 1171 Twentieth-Century Drama literary history 1184 The Crucible, Act 3 drama 1187 Federico García Lorca world literature connection 1199 Puritans and Nathaniel Hawthorne history connection 1208 The Crucible, Act 4 drama 1217 Wole Soyinka world literature connection 1223 Being Abigail Williams media connection 1226

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Comparing Political Drama Past and Present

Political Drama Around the World illustrated literary history 1238

George Clooney and Grant Heslov from Good Night, and Good Luck screenplay 1241

Reading for Information: Analyzing Argumentative and Expository Texts

Brooks Atkinson The Crucible argumentative text 1251

Kenneth Turan Hysteria Resides at the Heart of the Frantic “Crucible” argumentative text 1252

Mel Gussow A Rock of the Modern Age, Arthur Miller Is Everywhere expository text 1253

Writing Workshop: Argumentative Essay 1256

Speaking and Listening: Analyze and Evaluate Entertainment Media 1264

Language Study: Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions 1266





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New Voices, New FrontiersLiterature of the Contemporary Period (1970 to Present)


Snapshot of the Period instructional essay and graphics 1278Historical Background instructional essay 1280Essential Questions Across Time:The Contemporary Period instructional essay 1282

Recent ScholaRShipJulia Alvarez All-American Writer essay 1290

Integrate and Evaluate Information 1292

Part One: Contemporary FiCtionthemeS acRoSS cUltUReS: author’s insights

Julia Alvarez Introduces Antojos essay 1294

Antojos short story 1298The Dominican Republic geography connection 1301

Alice Walker Everyday Use ANCHOR TEXT short story 1312

Raymond Carver Everything Stuck to Him short story 1326

Part twO: Contemporary poetryWilliam Stafford Traveling Through the Dark poem 1336

Denise Levertov The Secret poem 1339

Li-Young Lee The Gift poem 1342

Comparing Literary Works: Social Commentary

Martín Espada Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper poem 1348

Yusef Komunyakaa Camouflaging the Chimera ANCHOR TEXT poem 1350

Naomi Shihab Nye Streets poem 1353

Stanley Kunitz Halley’s Comet poem 1358

The Poets Laureate literary history 1362

Judith Ortiz Cofer The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica poem 1366Ars Poetica world literature connection 1368

Contemporary Connection: Poetry and Numbers

The Fibonacci Sequence poems 1371

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H. L. Mencken “American Slang” from The American Language essay 1375William Safire Onomatopoeia essay 1378Ian Frazier Coyote v. Acme essay 1384Anna Quindlen One Day, Now Broken in Two ANCHOR TEXT essay 1394

Research Project: Primary SourcesSean Ramsay Urban Renewal oral history transcript 1401William Harvey Playing for the Fighting Sixty-Ninth e-mail 1403

Comparing Literary Works: IdentityAmy Tan Mother Tongue essay 1410Rita Dove For the Love of Books essay 1418

Comparing Literary Works: Point of ViewMaxine Hong Kingston from The Woman Warrior memoir 1426N. Scott Momaday from The Names memoir 1434

The Centaur mythology connection 1437

Reading for information: Analyzing Functional and Expository Text

Demographic Aspects of Surnames expository text 1443 The Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation expository text 1446

Writing Workshop: Short Story 1448

Speaking and Listening: Compare Print News Coverage 1456

Language Study: Cognates 1458

text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 1460a



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