American Literature for Co-Ops and Classrooms
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American Literature – Co-ops & Classrooms Curriculum (Ages 15–18)
This American Literature curriculum is ideal for co-ops and classrooms seeking to explore U.S. culture and worldview through classic short stories, poetry, and novels.
The Co-ops and Classrooms version includes the student workbook used in One Day Academy’s American Literature course, along with a leader guide to support weekly group discussion and analysis.
Like all Co-ops and Classrooms courses, this program gives the option for once-a-week instruction, students read and complete assignments independently during the week under a parent’s supervision.
The first semester focuses on American literature from the colonial era through the 19th century. The second semester explores themes and consequences of the 20th century’s cultural shift away from a Christian foundation.
Students engage in literary analysis from a biblical perspective, considering how authors use tools like irony, setting, and characterization to communicate worldview. Historical overviews, author backgrounds, guided charts, and essay questions build critical thinking and communication skills.
Download a Free Sample Below
American Literature – Co-ops & Classrooms Curriculum (Ages 15–18)
This American Literature curriculum is ideal for co-ops and classrooms seeking to explore U.S. culture and worldview through classic short stories, poetry, and novels.
The Co-ops and Classrooms version includes the student workbook used in One Day Academy’s American Literature course, along with a leader guide to support weekly group discussion and analysis.
Like all Co-ops and Classrooms courses, this program gives the option for once-a-week instruction, students read and complete assignments independently during the week under a parent’s supervision.
The first semester focuses on American literature from the colonial era through the 19th century. The second semester explores themes and consequences of the 20th century’s cultural shift away from a Christian foundation.
Students engage in literary analysis from a biblical perspective, considering how authors use tools like irony, setting, and characterization to communicate worldview. Historical overviews, author backgrounds, guided charts, and essay questions build critical thinking and communication skills.
Curriculum/Materials:
Course Description:
Purpose
The course’s first semester reading of poems, short stories, and novels focuses on the culture of the United States from the colonial era through the 19th century while the second semester’s fiction titles highlight the consequences of our country’s progressive social evolution in the 20th century away from being predominantly Christian.
Process
Students will learn how classic American authors utilized characterization, setting, irony, and other literary tools to expand upon various themes, often in ways that are unique to American culture. Students consider the use of these tools and themes and analyze them from a Christian perspective through class discussion and writing assignments. Lessons include:
- For instructors: American Literature Leader Guide, by Susan Peisker (included in set)
- Student edition: American Literature Course Workbook, by Susan Peisker (included in set)
- Short stories and poems included in the workbook
- Original, unabridged versions of the following titles (to be purchased separately):
- The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
- My Ántonia, Willa Cather
- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
- The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
- Preferred edition: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 978-0-684-80122-3
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
- The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
- Access to a computer and the internet are necessary
Course Description:
Purpose
The course’s first semester reading of poems, short stories, and novels focuses on the culture of the United States from the colonial era through the 19th century while the second semester’s fiction titles highlight the consequences of our country’s progressive social evolution in the 20th century away from being predominantly Christian.
Process
Students will learn how classic American authors utilized characterization, setting, irony, and other literary tools to expand upon various themes, often in ways that are unique to American culture. Students consider the use of these tools and themes and analyze them from a Christian perspective through class discussion and writing assignments. Lessons include:
- An overview of the history of the time period and its predominant worldviews;
- An explanation of the authors’ backgrounds and personal worldviews;
- Charts, essay questions, and literary analysis essays.