Teaching Of Mice and Men without Offending Everyone

I love Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. I’ve taught it for several years. The novel’s harsh language does present some problems. The Lord’s name is used in vain 26 times. There are 41 additional instances of Deity being referenced as a curse word. The N-word appears 16 times. The word for a female dog shows […]

Of Mice and Men Chapter Summaries with Lesson Plan

These chapter summaries from Of Mice and Men free your brain from having to figure out what happens and allows it to examine why it happens. Each Of Mice and Men chapter summary  will help you discuss the novel intelligently. Of Mice and Men Chapter 1 Summary Setting: An Edenic riverbed in rural California Characters: […]

Teaching The Scarlet Letter: Puritan Video Resources

So what are you doing this weekend? Since I’m teaching The Scarlet Letter soon, I thought I’d throw together some print and video resources on the Puritans. Then maybe I’ll party like Dimmesdale at the young abandoned wives society social afterward. The concepts of moral limitations leaves many young scholars scratching their heads. After all, what’s […]