This assignment is an alternative to the topic test for the section on "Civil War and Regionalism" for English 3A.
For both options, students can either write an essay OR record a video with an explanation on the same content. There are also options on how to approach the material.
For both options, students can either write an essay OR record a video with an explanation on the same content. There are also options on how to approach the material.
Relevant Movements
Abolition
Women's Rights
State's Rights, the Civil War, and Secession
Native American Issues
Realism and Cynicism
Abolition
Women's Rights
State's Rights, the Civil War, and Secession
Native American Issues
Realism and Cynicism
Option 1 - Compare the writing of two movements to each other.
Explain how the events of the Civil War shaped the writing from this time period, and compare how two of the movements were shaped in the same way or in different ways by those events.
- For example, how did this era lead to the hope and power of the abolition movement but to cynicism in poetry?
- Be sure to mention at least two specific pieces of writing that you read from this unit.
Option 2 - Analyze how the writing of the Civil War era is still influencing social and political movements today.
Explain how the writing from the Civil War Era is still influencing how we talk about the same issues today or how they have led to related movements. Think about how a specific piece of writing from the Civil War Era has contributed to our social and political discussions today.
I encourage you to look at some news articles on current events! I have listed some ideas below. Be sure to mention at least one specific piece of writing from the section you read on Edgenuity.
I encourage you to look at some news articles on current events! I have listed some ideas below. Be sure to mention at least one specific piece of writing from the section you read on Edgenuity.
- How did the writings of Frederick Douglass or Abraham Lincoln influence the Civil Rights movement or Black Lives Matter movement?
- What are some common themes in the writing of Mark Twain and social and political movements today, such as Texan pride, secession?
- How do arguments from the women's right movement compare to social and political issues involving gender today? These include abortion, equal pay and the glass ceiling, gay marriage and adoption, Don't Ask Don't Tell, the 2017 proposed ban on transgender people serving in the military.
- How do themes in the writings of Native Americans during the Civil War Era compare to issues they deal with today? There have been a few recent cases of sacred Native American land being taken by the government and companies. For example, one tribe is protesting a pipeline being built through their territory. They are also fighting a legal battle to change the name of the NFL team the "Red Skins."