Survey of English Literature
Thomas Klise
This magnificent five-part series offers a look at the history of English literature from the 1600s to the 20th century. Through colorful photograp...
View full detailsThis magnificent five-part series offers a look at the history of English literature from the 1600s to the 20th century. Through colorful photograp...
View full detailsGive your students the opportunity to turn poems into videotaped productions for classroom viewing. Or assign students to create a large calendar f...
View full detailsIn this transparency program, we explore the most common terms in the study of etymology … the study of how words are formed. Each transparency def...
View full detailsThe 1930s dawned under the gray, depressive cloud caused by the 1929 stock market crash, a cloud that was to linger most of the decade. This unit e...
View full detailsBy 1840, there were more than five hundred abolitionist groups in America, including as members statesmen like Washington and Jefferson and poets l...
View full detailsThis informative production analyzes the Bill of Rights, that most magnificent of American documents, as the formal declaration of American rights ...
View full detailsThis production highlights the fascinating beginnings of the original thirteen colonies, from the establishment of Jamestown, VIrginia in 1607, to ...
View full detailsThe Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 Ñ the first battles of the American Revolution Ñ came after a dozen years of bad feeling betwe...
View full detailsThis magnificent introduction to the Civil War explores the chronology, politics, and economics of the war of 2,000 battles. It characterizes the U...
View full detailsThis unit explains the history behind the Declaration of Independence and illuminates the beauty of its words. The first half of the production est...
View full detailsThe rise of capitalism in the United States occurred when immigration and increasing prosperity created seemingly endless markets for goods and ser...
View full detailsWhile the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 signified the onset of the American Revolution, they followed years of tension between England a...
View full detailsThe French and Indian War involved the struggle between England and France for control over the eastern part of the North American continent. This ...
View full detailsSince the dawn of literature, no writer has matched the combination of dramatic genius and popular appeal that we find in William Shakespeare. This...
View full detailsSince the meaning of a poem is often not clear upon first perusal, readers must find clues to discover who is speaking, what is happening, and what...
View full detailsThis program traces the evolution of the American system of trial-by-jury system from its ancient Greek roots to its modern-day applications. It ex...
View full detailsThis program provides an introduction to the Constitution of the United States and, as such, to the general structure of American government. It di...
View full detailsThe Middle Ages lasted for roughly 1,000 years, and witnessed the transformation of Europe from a vast wilderness dotted with outposts of the Roman...
View full detailsThe Monroe Doctrine stated that European interference in the Western Hemisphere would be considered interference in the affairs of the United State...
View full detailsWhile the novel as a literary form has existed for only 300 years, there can be no thorough study of literature without an examination of this lite...
View full detailsThis cartooned and colorful unit examines the history and function of the American political party. It explores the influence of political parties ...
View full detailsFor too many students, learning the correct usage and placement of punctuation marks can seem an impossible chore. This popular six-part series tea...
View full detailsThis colorful two-part production traces the history of ancient Egypt from its earliest settlers, and provides a close-up look at the important peo...
View full detailsDuring ancient times, the people of Greece enjoyed a culture in many ways more vibrant, more civilized, and more artistic than any we know today. T...
View full detailsThis magnificent program provides a look at the emperors and politics, art and architecture, philosophy and popular culture of ancient Rome. Throug...
View full detailsPoetry can take many different forms – from the rolling and easy-to-memorize ballad, to the compact, suggestive haiku, to the artful rambling of fr...
View full detailsIn a good short story, every element in its artistic composition — plot, character, theme, narrative manner, and setting — should contribute to the...
View full detailsThe War of 1812 signified the end of Colonial America, and firmly announced to the world that his new Republic could stand on its own. Fought on Am...
View full detailsWhen Columbus “discovered” America in 1492, there were already several million real Americans living there. This two-part production shows how the ...
View full detailsFor almost two centuries, Virginia was the most important of America’s colonies, in terms of size, wealth, and political leadership. This unit prov...
View full detailsThis lively overview examines the pioneers and frontiersmen, the Gold Rush and Mormon migration, and discusses buffalo, wagon trains, Indians, and ...
View full detailsThis spirited program seeks to instill in students a love of language and a curiosity about the etymology of words they encounter. It examines the ...
View full detailsThomas Jefferson is probably best known as the author of the Declaration of Independence. Yet, he was also the third President of the United States...
View full detailsChallenge your students on their knowledge of Julius Caesar in a fun new way! This game requires both comprehension of the play, and board strategy...
View full detailsThis production reveals America’s Economic miracle that transformed the workbench of one day into the factory of the next. It shows how shrewd deve...
View full detailsWritten by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, the Declaration of Independence outlined the truths that the new American government held to be self-evident: ...
View full detailsThis program provides an in-depth discussion of the four basic types of point of view: omniscient, limited omniscient, first person, and objective....
View full detailsThe Weaver Curriculum, a unit study that teaches fundamental knowledge and skills, is completely Bible-based. Success in Spelling is a level-by-l...
View full detailsThis cartoon-style unit addresses that elusive element known as “style.” Rather than presenting a dry listing of “general principles,” the program ...
View full detailsTheater, as we know it, has existed for approximately 2,500 years. This superb production looks at the early Egyptian “passion plays,” the Dionysia...
View full detailsWalt Whitman was the first American to take the common experience of man as the very source of high poetry. His masterpiece Leaves of Grass is mor...
View full detailsMany issues divided England and her American colonies and led to the Revolutionary War. This cartoon-style production covers the divisive issues of...
View full detailsWilliam Wordsworth is the greatest figure of the Romantic Age in English literature, and ranks with Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton as one of the ...
View full detailsWorld War I opened with a dizzying rush in the summer of 1914 and soon Europe was plunged into its most destructive struggle ever. In 1917, Preside...
View full detailsWorld War II was responsible for the deaths of 40 million people, the dawn of the atomic age, and a realignment of the world into communist and non...
View full detailsThis fine program tackles common writing problems that plague most student writers. The 50 activity sheets address such problems as redundancies, s...
View full detailsThis program helps teach process, comparison, classification, cause and effect, and persuasion, as well as writing descriptively, stimulating the f...
View full detailsThis program helps teach process, comparison, classification, cause and effect, and persuasion, as well as writing descriptively, stimulating the f...
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