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 […]
Teaching The Scarlet Letter: Puritan Video Resources
March 3, 2017 By Trenton Lorcher
Filed Under: American Romanticism, Books, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Valentine’s Day Short Stories for High School with Valentine’s Day Lesson Plans
January 26, 2017 By Trenton Lorcher
Valentine’s Day evokes various reactions among high school students. Most of these reactions have one thing in common: overreaction. Use the holiday to your advantage by teaching short stories that involve realistic (and not so realistic) relationships. I’m not going to pretend you’re not here for a free lesson plan. Here’s a lesson plan for the […]
“Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Lesson Plans
September 21, 2016 By Trenton Lorcher
THAT VERY SINGULAR teacher, old Mr. Heidegger, once invited four venerable teachers to meet him in his classroom. There were three white-bearded gentlemen, Mr. Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew, and Mr. Gascoigne, and a withered gentlewoman, whose name was the Widow Wycherly. They were all melancholy old teachers, who had been unfortunate in their career, and whose greatest […]
Filed Under: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Short Stories