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Feb 16, 2022 · In Civil Rights Queen, author Tomiko Brown-Nagin profiles Motley, a Black woman who wrote the original complaint in Brown v. The Board of Education and was on Martin Luther King's legal team ...
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Apr 8, 2022 · She's author of Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality, “A must-read for anyone who dares to believe that equal justice under the law is possible and is in search of a model for how to make it a reality,” said Professor Anita Hill.
Mar 30, 2023 · Although she was born into wealth and married a successful man, Bertha Palmer’s accomplishments were her own. Her legacy lives in Chicago at the still-exquisite Palmer House and the Art Institute of Chicago, to whom she bequeathed her famous art collection.
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When Elizabeth I gained the throne in 1558, women began to receive a voice in literature. England had not before had such a dynamic and intelligent female regent. Elizabeth was celebrated in poetry and was herself an accomplished poet. As a woman with a man's job, Elizabeth had to adopt various personas to appease her advisors and subjects. She inv...
I chose this unit topic as a way to expose my students to several of Shakespeare's plays and an epic poem with strong female heroines and villains. Vibrant female authors and characters are missing in a high school British Literature survey class until the mid to late eighteenth century, and my students do not find "The Wife's Lament" to be particu...
In order to meet all of my district standards and utilize all six components of Bloom's Taxonomy, my unit will encompass many activities that will allow my students to activate various levels of knowledge. Students will be able to demonstrate basic knowledge of Shakespearian and Spenserian plot by answering recall questions on plot. Students will b...
Prior to reading any Shakespeare or Spenser the class and I will have a brief introductory discussion about what we know about Elizabeth I and 16th century England. Students will also read the introduction to Elizabethan literature in their textbooks. We will then watch Shekhar Kapur's movie Elizabeth to give the students historical context and bac...
Character Choices for Paper Beatrice Belphoebe-FQ Cleopatra Cordelia Desdemona Duessa-FQ Emilia Florimell-FQ Gertrude Goneril Helena Hermia Hermione Hero Imogen Jessica Julia Mercilla-FQ Miranda Ophelia Paulina Portia Regan Silvia Una-FQ Rubric for Socratic Seminar You must have three thoughtful things to say in order to receive full credit. "I agr...
Implementing District Standards
The following standards apply to a twelfth grade British Literature course and are found on the Georgia Department of Education website23. ELABLRC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse. ELABLRC2 The student participates in discussions related to curricular learning in all subject areas. The student...
Bloom, Harold. "Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human" New York: Riverhead Books, 1998. Each of Shakespeare's plays receives an essay about how its characters affect our life. Eggert, Katherine. "Showing Like a Queen: Female Authority and Literary Experiment in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton" Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000...
1. Eggert, Katherine. Showing Like a Queen: Female Authority and Literary Experiment in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. p. 2 2. Eggert, Katherine. Showing Like a Queen: Female Authority and Literary Experiment in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press,...
Sep 8, 2022 · As the world mourns Queen Elizabeth II, the Council looks back on her 1959 Chicago visit and dynamic place in history.
Queen Elizabeth I was one of the first female authority figures to gain what was considered a man’s power in the Western world. Her speeches and writings only helped to cement this.
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How does a powerful woman present herself in a society that views woman as inferior to men? This was the question faced by Elizabeth I and those who constructed her image in the sixteenth century.
