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10  American Modernism  ** Student will understand: ** ** Student will be able to: **  4 weeks
 *  Grade Level **:
 *  Unit: ** 
 *  Lesson Objectives: **
 * Inform students of the Lost Generation and their attributes
 * Discuss ex-patriotism and its effect on American Modernist writing
 * Understand Ernest Hemingway's life and writing style
 * Discuss the effects of the world wars on American writers and writing
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Allow students to practice literary analysis writing
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Attributes of Hemingway's writing
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">What a "good" literary analysis essay looks like
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">How Hemingway's life affected his writing
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">How American ideals were changing during the times of the Lost Generation
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Describe defining characteristics of Hemingway's writing
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Intelligently discuss the themes of //<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">A Farewell to Arms //
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Apply class discussion of good literary analysis writing to their own essays
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Pinpoint impactful moments and ideas in Hemingway's life, and connect them to his work
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> Time Required to complete this lesson ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">: <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">

//<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">A Farewell to Arms //<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> Title of lesson: ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">
 * Description of lesson: **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The book //<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">A Farewell to Arms //<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> by Ernest Hemingway follows the love story and life of a young soldier and an army nurse. The novel is a perfect example of American Modernism and the changing mindsets brought about by WWI as exhibited through the writing of the Lost Generation. The book also allows for discussion of how the war affected the writing of those who partook in the war, and how the war changed many young men and women throughout the world, and more specifically in the U.S. Hemingways overt masculine viewpoint is vivid in his writing and students will discuss how Hemingways ideas of manhood change how and what he writes.
 * Assignment (homework or in-class: this is how the learner will practice the learning that has just occurred): **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Mapwing virtual tour of Hemingway's life:
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Hemingway lived and visited many places, acquiring very unique viewpoints and hobbies along the way. Students will engage in the Mapwing tour of Hemingway's life, informing them of Hemingway's travels and allowing them to critically think about how his travels, and subsequent life inspired his writing.
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Students: Go through the Mapwing tour, being sure to read ALL of the information of the websites provided. The information will cumulatively allow you to answer the given questions I have provided. Please type up and hand in answers to these questions, as well as being prepared to discuss the questions in class.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">media type="custom" key="5839795"
 * Resources/materials needed: **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Computer
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Printer
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Mapwing account and Hemingway tour
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">copes of //<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">A Farewell to Arms //
 * Technology used: **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Computer
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Mapwing
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Internet
 * The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way:   **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The Mapwing tour used in this lesson allows students to engage in the travels and happenings of Hemingway's life by engaging in viewing where he lived/traveled, and by needing to answer questions that could only be answered through the tour and the given websites within the tour. The tour allows students to actively acquire information to allow them to critically think about the links between Hemingway's travels and his life and his writing.