American Literature: Transcendentalism, Poetry, and Short Stories

This bundle contains materials that can be used in teaching Transcendentalism and the following short stories: Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heat," Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," and Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" and "A Pair of Silk Stockings."

Included in this bundle are:

1. Introduction to Transcendentalism Webquest to provide an opportunity for research and presentation

2. Excerpts from Thoreau's Walden, Emerson's Self-Reliance, and Poetry by Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman with assessments and a creative writing assignment

2. Full texts for all four short stories with annotation keys, graphic organizers, and anticipation guides

3. Google Forms self-correcting assessments

4. Writing assignments for narrative and expository writing with rubrics

5. Opportunities for both group and independent work