Most of America's literature before the
            Civil War was Romantic in character.

    After Civil War literature became more Realistic

Mark Twain AKA (Samuel Clemens)  famous author who wrote

What two famous books did Twain write? p 402

  Local Color writing uses picturesque details  reflecting the scenery, customs, and dialect of a specific geographical area.

    Why did authors use local color? p 402

General Lew Wallace

Henry James

       Name a literature piece by General Lew Wallace, Henry James, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson

Jack London

    James Whitcomb Riley  famous as the Hoosier poet.

Currier&Ives  famous local color artists

           

    Louis Sullivan 
Father of the
 Modern Skyscraper

March King 
 John Phillip Sousa
       

Photo Credits:

Local Color: www.traverse.com/ people/dot/local_color.gif

Currier & Ives:

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.