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Here, we have resources available for Beloved, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Their Eyes Were Watching God

A comprehensive series of lesson plans and revision guides to accompany Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, a classic text of the Harlem Renaissance. Draw upon thematic links between this text and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.

American Literature Between the Wars: The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Lesson One – Introduction
Their Eyes Lesson Two – Meeting Janie
Their Eyes Lesson Three – The Tree of Life
Their Eyes Lesson Four – Understanding Nanny
Their Eyes Lesson Five – Enter Joe Starks
Their Eyes Lesson Six – Power Leadership or Hubris
Their Eyes Lesson Seven – Extended Lesson Plans

Beloved

Lesson plans and accompanying tasks on the great Beloved by Toni Morrison, written in 1987. The presentations below take you through the core themes, and show how you might look for evidence from the novel.

Beloved: Trauma Studies Presentation
Beloved: Trauma Studies Independent Task
Beloved: Memory Studies Presentation
Beloved: Memory Studies Independent Task
Beloved: Gender Presentation
Beloved: Gender Independent Task
Beloved: Ecocriticism Presentation
Beloved: Ecocriticism Independent Task
Beloved: The Black Atlantic Presentation
Beloved: Black Atlantic Independent Task

A Streetcar Named Desire

Our grade boosters on A Streetcar Named Desire help to uncover some of the deeper themes of Tennessee Williams’ famous play.

Grade Booster: A Streetcar Named Desire – Illusion and Reality
Grade Booster: A Streetcar Named Desire – Dramatic Form and Context

These resources were created as part of the Bridging the Resource Gap project, which was funded by the British Association of American Studies and the US Embassy.