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1. Introduction.
2. The War of Independence.
2.1. Historical Background.
2.2. The War.
3. The Rise of a Nation.
3.1. The Confederation of the United States.
3.2. Before the Civil War.
4. The Civil War.
4.1. The War.
4.2. Consequences of the War.
5. Reference novels: The Scarlet Letter and The Red Badge of Courage.
5.1. The Scarlet Letter.
5.2. The Red Badge of Courage.
6. Conclusion.
Unit 46:
Legislation
LOMCE 8/2013 (9th December)
R.D. 1105/2014 (26th December) - Curriculum ESO + Bach
R.D. 562/2017 (2nd June) - Promotion ESO + Bach
D. 110/2016 (14th June) - Bach
D. 111/2016 (14th June) - ESO
O. (14th July/2016) - ESO + Bach.
Attention to diversity & Evaluation in Andalucia.
The Historical Setting of the United States of America: From Independence to the Civil War.
Reference novels: The Scarlet Letter. The Red Badge of Courage.
Introduction
From the discovery of America, first in 1000 by Leif Eriksson and then by Colombus in 1492 to the configuration of the country we know today, many significant and critical changes have happened.
1. Introduction
Nevertheless, our first focus of attention moves forward in time to the year 1584, when Sir Walter Raleigh founded the first English colony in America, Virginia, and even later on, in 1620, when the Pilgrim Fathers (protestants) left Britain for America, leading the way to the 13 British colonies in America.
Reference novels
Reference novels
The present unit also aims to provide some relevant information about colonial literature of 19th in America, namely represented by two reference novels:
The Scarlett Letter and The Red Badge of Courage.
As we shall see, these two novels were both shaped by and reflected the prevailing ideologies of the day, which means that they are a reference point in which social, economic, cultural, technological and political allegiances are placed very much to the fore.
Actually, The Scarlett Letter (1850) reflects the situation within the previous years to the Civil War (1861-1865)
whereas The Red Badge of Courage (1893) reflects its aftermath.
2. The war of
independence
2.1. Historical background.
2.
The war
of
Independence
2.2. The War of Independence.
2.1. Historical Background.
2.1. Historical Background.
Causes that led the 13 colonies to revolution
2.2. The War of Independence
2.2. The War of Independence
Consequences
The Rise of a Nation
3.
The Rise of a
nation
3.2. Before the War
3.1. The confederation on the U.S.
3.1. The Articles of the Confederation
3.1. The Articles of the Confederation
3.2. Before the Civil War
3.2. Before the Civil War
War of independence: chief commander +
1st president
The war of 1812 against UK, victory.
The U.S. gained world relevance and there was a nationalistic surge.
Defender of the rights of the common man. Age of reform. (Feminist ideals / civil rights / pacifism)
Abolition of slavery
Southern states’ secession
(not tolerated by Lincoln)
“America for the Americans”
No relation whatsoever with Europe.
1st term
Encouraged agriculture and westward expansion.
Added Louisiana and Port of New Orleans.
2nd term
Embargo act (no trade with Europe) – replaced: no trade with France and the UK.
Growing division between the north (wealthy and industrialised – anti-slavery) and the south (less wealthy – agricultural-based economy (cotton) – pro-slavery).
12th april 1861: Civil War
The Civil War
4.
The Civil War
Products & services
5. Reference
novels
Crane
Hawthorne
Conclusion
Literature and literary language is one of the most salient aspect of educational activity.
In classrooms all kinds of literary language (poetry, drama, novel, prose, newspapers…), either spoken or written, is going on for most of the time. Yet, handling literary productions in the past and, in particular, American History and Literature, makes relevant the analysis of the main literary works, which reflect the social, political, economical and cultural situation of the period.
The US won its independence thanks to their effort and determination. With this unit we can better understand the sense of patriotism and deep feeling of independence that is still palpable in Americans.
6. Conclusion
But how do American literature tie in with the new curriculum?
American literature may be approached in linguistic terms, regarding form and function (morphology, lexis, structure, form) and also from a cross-curricular perspective (History, English, French, Spanish Language and Literature). So, American literature is easily approached by means of the subjects of History, Language and Literature by establishing a parallelism with the Spanish one (age, literature forms, events). In addition, one of the objectives of teaching the English language is to provide good models of almost any kind of literary productions for future studies.
The main aims that our currently educational system focuses on are mostly sociocultural, to facilitate the study of cultural themes, as our students must be aware of their current social reality within the European framework.