{"product_id":"lit-4-the-modern-era-e5zp2-bbt6h-jyjf4-6hcc8-xskng","title":"High School American Literature (Live and Self-Paced options)","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConventional Track\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis concise survey of American literature begins with folk-tales from the indigenous people of North America. We read poetry from the colonial period as well as some writings by the founding fathers. We’ll cover some of the earliest American writers -- Irving, Poe, and Hawthorne -- works by Dickinson, Whitman, Melville, and Twain, a sampling of 20th century writers like Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and Hemingway, \u003cspan\u003eending with a book by a black American writer, a science fiction novel, and an early 21st century novel\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cb\u003eSee course book list below.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis class meets on Wednesdays at 2 pm, Eastern Standard Time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eNote: Space is limited. Be sure to enroll early to secure your spot.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStudent Expectations for Live Classes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttend a one-hour, weekly, live course session\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete each week’s assigned reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake a short, online, comprehension quiz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnswer a weekly, online, discussion question\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubmit two literary analysis papers and one creative project\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Self-Paced Classes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eStudents have access to recorded lectures on each reading assignment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eStudents have access to weekly reading pacing guides and auto-graded quizzes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eAlthough we recommend following the syllabus in order, students are free to choose what to read and when.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelf-Paced classes do not include live class sessions or teacher support. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eAll recordings will be available from September 2 through the end of the following August.   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBook List\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eThere are many options for acquiring these books. You can purchase them from a local or online retailer. You can check them out of the library. For most, you can download electronic versions or access them online and read them on your computer screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf a particular edition or translation is listed, it is important to acquire that version. If no specifics are included, any version will work.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter,\u003c\/em\u003e by Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/em\u003e, by Herman Melville\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e, by Mark Twain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e, by F. 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