British Literature Lesson Unit 1: THE MIDDLE AGES Introduction Discern the causes of political and ecclesiastical abuses during the Middle Ages that eventually led to the Reformation. Understand the historical and cultural context of Old and Middle English literature. Old English Literature: Bede Understand the historical and cultural context of Old and Middle English literature. Beowulf Discern the causes of political and ecclesiastical abuses during the Middle Ages that eventually led to the Reformation. Understand the historical and cultural context of Old and Middle English literature. Project: Metonymy Demonstrate an understanding of the use of figurative language. Middle English Literature: Chaucer Understand the historical and cultural context of Old and Middle English literature. Discern the causes of political and ecclesiastical abuses during the Middle Ages that eventually led to the Reformation. The Pardoner's Tale Discern the causes of political and ecclesiastical abuses during the Middle Ages that eventually led to the Reformation.
British Literature Lesson Unit 1: THE MIDDLE AGES (CONT.) Piers Plowman Discern the causes of political and ecclesiastical abuses during the Middle Ages that eventually led to the Reformation. Understand the historical and cultural context of Old and Middle English literature. Project: Illuminated Manuscripts Demonstrate an understanding of and appreciation for medieval literature and art forms. Morality Plays: Everyman Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte d' Arthur Le Morte d' Arthur II Le Morte d' Arthur III Essay: Comparing Literature to Scripture Evaluate literature by comparing it to Scripture.
British Literature Lesson Unit 2: THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY The Renaissance and Reformation Understand the important role of Renaissance scholarship in the Reformation. Recognize the Bible's central importance to the English Reformation. The Early Renaissance: Sir Thomas More Understand the important role of Renaissance scholarship in the Reformation. Roger Ascham Understand the important role of Renaissance scholarship in the Reformation. Recognize the Bible's central importance to the English Reformation. John Foxe Recognize the Bible's central importance to the English Reformation. Renaissance Poets: Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder In this lesson, you will read a sonnet by Wyatt and one by Henry Howard. Sir Philip Sidney Recognize the Bible's central importance to the English Reformation.
British Literature Lesson Unit 2: THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY (CONT.) Edmund Spenser Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke Understand the important role of Renaissance scholarship in the Reformation. Renaissance Prose and Drama: Sir Walter Raleigh William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew 1 The Taming of the Shrew 2 The Taming of the Shrew 3 The Taming of the Shrew 4 The Taming of the Shrew 5 Project: Exploring Shakespeare Explore Shakespearean drama through personal involvement. The English Bible Recognize the Bible's central importance to the English Reformation. Understand the important role of Renaissance scholarship in the Reformation.
British Literature Lesson Unit 3: THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES The Stuarts and the Puritan Revolution 1603-1660 Discern the dangers of a state-instituted religion. Understand the history of the Puritan Revolution. John Donne Ben Jonson George Herbert More Seventeenth Century Writers: John Milton John Owen Essay: Comparing Literature to Scripture Evaluate literature by comparing it to Scripture. Francis Bacon
The Restoration and Neoclassic Period 1660-1785 British Literature Lesson Unit 3: THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES (CONT.) Discern the dangers of a state-instituted religion. Understand the history of the Puritan Revolution. John Dryden Discern the dangers of a state-instituted religion. Understand the history of the Puritan Revolution. John Bunyan Jonathan Swift Alexander Pope Isaac Watts Discern the dangers of a state-instituted religion. Understand the history of the Puritan Revolution. Project: Responding to Literature Respond to literature by composing nonfiction, fiction, or poetry (song lyrics).
British Literature Lesson Unit 3: THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES (CONT.) Reference Discern the dangers of a state-instituted religion. Understand the history of the Puritan Revolution.
British Literature Lesson Unit 4: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1798-1900) The Romantic Era: Introduction Discern the roots of rebellion against traditional religion and politics. Discern England's need for political and economic reform in the nineteenth century. Gain an overview of the events of the French Revolution in relation to England. William Blake Discern the roots of rebellion against traditional religion and politics. William Wordsworth Discern the roots of rebellion against traditional religion and politics. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Discern the roots of rebellion against traditional religion and politics. Sir Walter Scott The Late Romantic Era: Jane Austen Charles Lamb George Gordon, Lord Byron Discern the roots of rebellion against traditional religion and politics. Percy Bysshe Shelley John Keats The Victorian Era: Introduction Discern England's need for political and economic reform in the nineteenth century.
British Literature Lesson Unit 4: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1798-1900) (CONT.) Thomas Carlyle John Henry Cardinal Newman Alfred, Lord Tennyson Charles Dickens Discern England's need for political and economic reform in the nineteenth century. Robert Browning George Eliot Oscar Wilde Lewis Carroll
British Literature Lesson Unit 5: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Introduction Gain an understanding of the political, social and religious history of the first half of the twentieth century. Thomas Hardy Appreciate the influence of Christian writers in the twentieth century. Joseph Conrad G. K. Chesterton Appreciate the influence of Christian writers in the twentieth century. Modern Poetry, Drama, and Prose: William Butler Yeats T. S. Eliot Appreciate the influence of Christian writers in the twentieth century. George Bernard Shaw Winston Churchill Gain an understanding of the political, social and religious history of the first half of the twentieth century. Modern Fiction: Virginia Woolf James Joyce Aldous Leonard Huxley C. S. Lewis Appreciate the influence of Christian writers in the twentieth century.