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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This document is a guide to an Annenberg video, but it contains a wealth of information that is also useful independently. These thirty-four pages offer background information and activity suggestions relating to Gothic undercurrents in...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Nathaniel Hawthorne

For Students 9th - 10th
Nathaniel Hawthorne is featured in this brief biography highlighting his Puritan family background which inspired his thought provoking writings of the nineteenth century. Click on "Nathaniel Hawthorne Activities" for related resources.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement:tales of the Supernatural

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson explores the genre of Gothic literature. Includes discussion of Frankenstein, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allen Poe among others.
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Article
Lumen Learning

Lumen: American Romanticism: The Use of Nature in American Gothic

For Students 9th - 10th
This article "The Use of Nature in American Gothic" focuses on how nature is used in American Gothic literature.
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Handout
Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: Gothic, Novel, and Romance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site distinguishes between novels and Romances and examines the characteristics of the novel, the Romance, and the Gothic novel.