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Teaching Guide |
Introduction
Aim
Rationale
Audience
Prerequisites
Subject Matter
Goals and Objectives
Instructional Plan
Materials
Assessment and Evaluation
Appendices
Resources
Glossary
Introduction
Hello! Welcome to The Revolutionist: A Critical Study on
the Web. At this site you will have the chance to read and
analyze a sketch from Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time.
Aim
To introduce students to Ernest Hemingway, the author himself, and
his terse, direct style of writing that has made him famous.
Rationale
Hemingway is one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century,
perhaps in history, and this site was created not only as an introduction
to his writing, but also as an introduction to the short story and its
many complexities. The Internet is the ultimate platform for such
a critical review because of the ability of the reader to ascertain all
the cultural information necessary to fully understand the story.
Audience
This web site is meant for junior high, high school, and college students.
Prerequisites
Besides the ability to read, the student should be familiar with surfing
the web, using Word, and PowerPoint (or a similar presentation software
such as HyperStudio).
Subject Matter
This web site contains material on Ernest Hemingway and his novel (In
Our Time), WW1, Fascist Italy, Mussolini, Renaissance art, Hungary
and the Whites, and Switzerland.
Goals and Objectives
When the student is finished he or she should have a knowledge of Hemingway,
WW1, and Renaissance art, as well as having learned critical analysis skills
necessary to understand the sketch. It is these critical analysis
skills which can translate into real world applications, such as understanding
the daily newspaper or the memo from the boss.
Instructional Plan
Each student must read the sketch (including all of the links), followed
by a variety of activities. The student can write a 3-5 page research
paper on the sketch, design his or her own quiz, take a quiz, research
and write a 3-5 page paper on the Lost Generation, or research and write
a 3-5 page paper on WW1 (focusing on Mussolini and the Fascists and the
Whites and Hungary).
Materials
Computer with Internet access, Word (or comparable word processing
program) and PowerPoint (or comparable presentation program).
Assessment and Evaluation
There is an on-line quiz available for each student to take which can
be submitted to the teacher. Pertaining to the research papers, each
student will be judged on three criteria: critical analysis of the
sketch, quality of research, and the quality of the student's writing.
Appendices
Resources: The web site contains links to the actual sketch,
writing improvement essays, and to cultural
information within the sketch
Glossary: Again, within the sketch are links to cultural
information and difficult words.
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