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Threads of Change Teacher Guide 1 Year License
Author(s): COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2025
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For grades 8-10, this unit explores five themes or threads of change in nineteenth century American history through literature of the times: Romanticism, transcendentalism, abolitionism, industrialism, and feminism. Each of the five “isms” has its own “Literature Box” that contains appropriate documents to serve as a resource for small investigative teams of students. The “isms” are investigated as change agents in American life through the study of key writings of the period, including the works of Whitman, Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, and Emerson. Students produce both written and oral presentations of their findings and ideas.
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- Acknowledgments
- The William & Mary Center for Gifted Education Units
- Section 1: Unit Introduction and Curriculum Framework
- Section 2: Teaching Tips for Implementing This Unit
- Section 3: Lesson Plans
- Lessons
- Lesson 1: Introduction and Preassessment
- Lesson 2: The Concept of Change
- Lesson 3: Introduction to the Threads of Change
- Lesson 4: Romanticism
- Lesson 5: Romantic Themes in the Poetry of U.S. 19th Century
- Lesson 6: The Hamburger Model for Persuasive Writing
- Lesson 7: Two Essays on Nonconformity
- Lesson 8: Reasoning
- Lesson 9: Introduction to the Unit Research Project
- Lesson 10: Innocence, Law, and Justice in Billy Budd, Sailor
- Lesson 11: Concept Webs
- Lesson 12: Symbolism and Allegory in “The Yellow Wallpaper”
- Lesson 13: Symbolism in Excerpt from “The Turn of the Screw”
- Lesson 14: Author Connections
- Lesson 15: The Power of Words
- Lesson 16: Industrialism and “Life in the Iron Mills”
- Lesson 17: Stories of the U.S. 19th Century
- Lesson 18: Research Presentations
- Lesson 19: Threads of Change and Uncle Tom
- Lesson 20: The Issue of Huckleberry Finn in the Classroom
- Lesson 21: Preparation for Presentations on Threads of Change
- Lesson 22: Presentations on Threads of Change
- Lesson 23: Closing Discussion on the Threads of Change
- Lesson 24: Postassessments of Literary Interpretation and Persuasive Writing
- Section 4: Grammar Study
- Section 5: Bibliographies
- Section 6: Appendices
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
The Center for Gifted Education (CFGE) at William & Mary University (College of William & Mary), is a research and development center providing services to educators, policy makers, graduate students, researchers, and parents in support of the needs of gifted and talented individuals. Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the CFGE has established an international reputation for excellence in research, curriculum development, and service. Several major grants, including funding from the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, have provided significant support for the work of the Center. In 2012, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded CFGE the funds needed for a summer residential camp for low income, high-ability children, for four consecutive years. In 2015, William & Mary alumni, Mike and Nancy Petters, through the Petters Family Foundation, provided additional financial support to the program. In 2016, the Petters Family Foundation has committed to fully fund the program for the next four years. Camp Launch is only the beginning of the Center for Gifted Education’s goal to bring educational equality to all gifted students.