Edith Wharton Lesson Plans

1. Writing in Different Viewpoints Lesson Plans
...r ( )Faculty/Staff Materials A short story of their choice Needed: Note cards or paper for notes while reading Notebook paper for their final paper Pens and whiteouts Procedure: First, students will choose a classic short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Faulkner, Edgar Allan Poe, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, or any other classic short story writer. These short stories can also be by classic mystery authors such as Jacques Futrelle, G.K. Chesterton, or others. Then, the student will read the short story and take notes. They need to know the viewpoint of the story they are reading and then decide what ch...

2. Personal or Social Tragedy? A Close Reading of Edith Wharton's
edsitement/neh logo SearchSitemapContact Us CalendarHome Subject Catalogue Art & CultureLiterature & Language ArtsForeign LanguageHistory & Social Studies All Lesson PlansAll Subject CategoriesAll Web Sites Open Printable Lesson Plan _ _ Personal or Social Tragedy? A Close Reading of Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome _ _ after all, the tragedy unveiled to us is social rather than personal Ethan Frome is to me above all else a judgment on that system which fails to redeem such villages as Mrs. Wharton's Starkfield. Literary critic and author Edwin Bjorkman Introduction Readers of Edith Wharton's Eth...

3. "Ethan Frome": Images of Starkfield
Key Word Search DDNCurriculum Advanced SearchFull Unit of Study ListingSubmit a New Unit Home DDN Curriculum Components for Unit of Study 1118 Unit of Study Title: "Ethan Frome": Images of Starkfield Topic Area: Communications/Language Arts Grade Level: 9-12 Time Frame: 3 1/2 Weeks Key Words: Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome, Characterization, Poetry, Metaphor, Simile Unit Designer: Megan Rhode (MR048) Unit Designer E-mail: Megan.Rhode@k12.sd.us School District: Isabel Date Added: 7/25/2002 12:34:57 PM Date Last Revised: 7/25/2002 12:34:57 PM Peer Reviewer: LuAnn Lindskov Peer Reviewer E-mail: LuAnn.Lindsko...

4. Painting Pictures with Poetry
...a life will touch me. If I give someone hope, hope is given to me. As the twig is bent, so grows the tree David Morris + Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain + There are only two ways of spreading light to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton + Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy Explain to students that poetry often paints visual images with conventions such as metaphor, simile and personification. Define the three conventions and then use the quotes from the first activity to...

5. Painting Pictures with Poetry: Art from the Heart (6th)
...pe is given to me. As the twig is bent, so grows the tree?? David Morris o "Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand." Christian Nestell Bovee, Author (1820 - 1904) o ?There are only two ways of spreading light¾to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.? Edith Wharton o "Love of country is like love of woman?he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good." Felix Adler, American educator and leader in social welfare (1851?1933) o "Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them?a desire, a dream, a vision....

6. 97.03.02: Women: Stride Toward Freedom
...or women's participation in broad cultural activities. The Russell Sage Foundation for the improvement of social and living conditions was founded by a woman, Margaret Olivia Slocum. Mary Van Kleeck, a director of the foundation, conducted valuable studies on industry and the problems of employees. Edith Abott and Sophonisba Breckenridge founded the first school of social service administration at the University of Chicago. In the sciences, women have met their greatest test of their ability to demonstrate equality with men. During the 1890's Dr. M. Carey Thomas, later president of Bryn Mawr College, asked...