“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe being Taught to 4th Grade Elementary Students Through Musical & Natural Intelligences

By: Alicia Briley The literary period of Romanticism was artistic, musical and an intellectual movement that originated in Europe. Romanticism focused on emotion and individualism as well as nature. The Gothic literary period of American literature is just a sub-genre of Romanticism. The Gothic period occurred from the year 1800 to 1850. Since Gothic literature is a branch of fiction presented through many combinations of horror, mystery and romantic elements. Our lesson plan will be focusing on teaching 4th graders a poem. We decided on “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe and the teaching tool will be doing is a … Continue reading “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe being Taught to 4th Grade Elementary Students Through Musical & Natural Intelligences

The History of Two Different Communities

Alicia Briley Professor Callahan ENG-245-C                    The History of Two Different Communities There are two literary periods I would love to focus on and teach in my classroom, the Native American and Colonial Era. The genres I am interested in is poetry and fiction. When I was doing research, I didn’t expect to retrieve a lot of information ranging from all different issues that occurred between these two communities. Meanwhile, there was many authors to choose from, I was interested in Roger.D. Herring and E Barrie Kavasch. Roger Herrings’, “Elementary School Guidance and Counseling” and E Barrie Kavaschs’, “Earth Makers Lodge”, talks … Continue reading The History of Two Different Communities