DOCUMENT RESUME ED 361 736 CS 214 031 AUTHOR McGowen, Carolyn Smith TITLE Teaching Literature by WomenAuthors. Teaching Resources in the ERIC Database (TRIED). INSTITUTION ERIC Clearinghouseon Reading, English, and Communication, Bloomington, IN. SPONS AGENCY Office of Educational Researchand Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. REPORT NO ISBN-0-927516-38-1 PUB DATE 93 CONTRACT RR93002011 NOTE 225p.; Published in cooperationwith EDINFO Press. AVAILABLE FROMERIC Clearinghouseon Reading, English, and Communication, Indiana University,2805 E. 10th St., Suite 150, Bloomington, IN47408-2698 ($16.95). PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) Information Analyses ERIC Clearinghouse Products (071) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Annotated Bibliographies; *Authors;Biographies; Class Activities; ElementarySecondary Education; *Females; Lesson Plans;Literary Criticism; Literary Styles; Novels; Poetry; ShortStories; Teaching Methods; Vocabulary Development;Writing Skills IDENTIFIERS Gender (Language) ABSTRACT Designed to tap the richcollection of instructional techniquesin the ERIC database, this compilation of lessonplans focuses on practical suggestions for addressing the worksof women authors in the English/languagearts classroom at elementary, middle-school, and secondary levels. The 57 lesson plansin this book cover lessons on gender equity, novels, biogrephy andautobiography, short stories, and poetry. The book includesan activities chart which indicates the focus and types of activities (suchas creative tasks, vocabulary development,oral reading, journal writing, symbols, and simulation) found in the various lessons.A 61-item annotated bibliography contains references to relatedresources in the ERIC database. (RS) ********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied byEDRS are the best thatcan be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** 747,--.7,7:7 1.-- r!" 7 It3.',..k. ....., 'K ,..... ".tel` rr .,..... y; 4".. sk r ."1, p." Teaching Literature by omenituthors Carolyn Smith McGowen with an introduction by Susan Moke , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research end Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERICI )(This document has been reproduced as 1 received from the person or organaation ongmating .t 0 Minor changes nave been made to mprove reproduction a ,lity Points of view or opinions statedthis docu- mint do not necesaanty represent Worst OERI niNtilinn ne1111, TEACHING LITERATURE BYWOMEN AUTHORS BY CAROLYN SMITH MCGOWEN WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SUSAN MOKE C:) ERIC IN COOPERATION WITH CLEARINGHOUSE ON READING ENGLISH, AND COMMUNICATION CO-PUBLISHED 1993 BY ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON READING, ENGLISH, AND COMMUNICATION INDIANA UNIVERSITY 2805 EAST 10TH STREET, SUITE 150 BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA 47408-2698 CARL B. SMITH, DIRECTOR AND EDINFO PRESS 117 EAST SIXTH STREET P.O. Box 5247 BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA 47407 EDITOR: Warren Lewis COVER DESIGN: David Smith BOOK DESIGN: Lauren Bongiani Gottlieb and Theresa Hardy PRODUCTION: Lauren Bongiani Gottlieb ERIC (an acronym for Educational Resources Information Center) is a national network of 16 clearing- houses, each of which is responsible for building the ERIC database by identifying and abstracting various educational resources, including research reports, curriculum guides, conference papers, journal articles, and government reports. The Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication (ERIC/REC) collects educational information specifically related to reading, English, journalism, speech, and theater at ail levels. ERIC/REC also covers interdisciplinary areas, such as media studies, reading and writing technology, mass communication, language arts, critical thinking, literature, and many aspects of literacy. TRIED is an acronym for Teaching Resources In the ERIC Database. This publication was funded in part by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, under contract no. RR93002011. Contractors undertaking such projects under government sponsorp are encouraged to express freely their judgment in professional and technical mat- ters. Points of view or opinions, however, do not necessarily represent the official view or opinions of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. LIBRARY Of CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DAM Mc Gowen, Carolyn Smith, 1954- Teaching literature by women authors / by Carolyn Smith Mc Gowen ; with an introduction by Susan Moke. p. cm. Includes bibliographical refere.tces. ISBN 0-927516-38-1 1. American literature--Women authors--Study and teaching. 2. English literature--Women authors--Study and teaching. 3. Women and literature--Study and teaching.I. Title. PS42.M34 1993 810.9'9287'07--dc20 93-34695 CIP ERIC/RCS ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS ;, xepr. < ,..<myr," m.r.,,qt s:.x.%::,,..1:::,,,,MArgris'eV: .'"?'M Elaine Aoki Seattle Washington Public Schools Joan Baker Cleveland State University Douglas Barnard Mesa Arizona Public Schools James Gaudino Speech Communication Association Joan Irwin International Reading Association Julie Jensen University of Texas, Austin Diane Lapp San Diego State University Charles Suhor National Council of Teachers of English Arnold Webb Research for Better Schools i i i TABLE OF CONTENTS vg.m. Vsmr t.;IP s aAilitittafeZ TRIED SERIES INTRODUCTION BY CARL B. SMITH Viii USER'S GUIDE iX I NTRODUCTION X ACTIVITIES CHART xi i TEACHING A "WOMEN IN LITERATURE" COURSE GENDER EQUITY 4 Brainwashed in the Nursery 5 Family Structure 10 Recognizing and Challenging Stereotypes 12 Gendered Meaning of Words 15 Boy Toys and Girl Toys? 17 Gender on the Job 20 The Linguistics of Genderism 24 Genderism in Fairy Tales 28 NOVELS 30 Louisa May Alcott: Little lApmen 31 Harriette Arnow: The Dollmaker 33 Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale 36 Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights 38 Pearl S. Buck: The Good Earth 40 George Eliot: Middlemarch 42 Bette Green: Summer of My German Soldier 44 Rosa Guy: The Friends 48 Madeline L'Engle: A Wrinkle in Time 51 Ursula Le Guin: A Wizard of Earthsea 54 Ursula Le Guin: A Wizard of Earthsea 56 Jean Marzollo: Halfway Down Paddy Lane 59 ++ TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) . :177-1e4s Jean Marzollo: Halfway Down Paddy Lane 62 L. M. Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables 64 L. M. Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables 68 Toni Morrison: Sula/Song of Solomon/Tar Baby 71 Marjorie Rawlings: The Yearling 74 Sandra Scoppettone: The Late Great Me 78 Mary Shelley: Frankenstein 80 Harriet.Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin 83 Mildred Taylor: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 90 Anne Tyler: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant 93 Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House in the Big Woods 96 Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House in the Big Woods 98 Agatha Christie: Murder Mysteries 100 BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY 103 Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl 104 Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl 106 Helen Keller: The Story of My Life 110 Helen Keller: The Story of My Life 114 Jessie Redmon Fauset and Mary Roberts Rinehart: Biographical Data 119 SHORT STORIES 125 Tony Cade Bambara: "My Man Bovanne" 126 Willa Cather: "Paul's Case" 127 Caroline Gordon: "A Last Day in the Field" 129 Shirley Jackson: "The Lottery" 133 Shirley Jackson: "The Lottery" 135 Joyce Carol Oates: "How I Contemplated the World from the 143 Detroit House of Correction and Began My Life Over Again" Eudora Welty: "A Visit to Charity" and "A Worn Path" 147 vi TABLE Of CONTENTS (CONTINUED) ,,ittpvi. ZA:elpkt \:.*iw.,:w N:s maiw* ark.A6 2 1,644anarosth:, POETRY 149 Dorothy Aldis: Sweet Rhymes 150 Maya Angelou: "Harlem Hopscotch" 153 Emily Dickinson: "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" 155 Eve Merriam and Lilian Moore: Sharing Poetry with Students 158 Anne Sexton: "The Fury of Overshoes" 161 Anne Bradstreet: Colonial Poetry 164 Lucille Clifton: "An Ordinary Woman" 167 Julia Malott: The Meaning of Her Poems 172 Lois Prante Stevens: "Our Root Cellar" 176 Lois Prante Stevens: "The Peddler" 182 Phillis Wheatley: Revolutionary War Era Poetry 187 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Of RELATED RESOURCES IN THE ERIC DATABASE .1 91 fTh SERIES INTRODUCTION OF, "'War.k.:....):ar...&,...k.ReQ*.e..W.;,..:1..O.Va;<WAI:F.M.M....*AMMITOT:raMaYMM. $.4.4ft..4mASNaii0A....... 1.. ' Dear Teacher, In this age of the information explosion, we can easily feel overwhelmed by the enor- mity of material available to us. This is certainly true in the field of education. Theories and techniques (both new and recycled) compete for our attention daily. Yet the informa- tion piling up on our desks and in our minds is often useless precisely because of its enor- mous volume. How do we begin to sort out the bits and pieces that are interesting and useful to us? The TRIED series can help. This series of teaching resources taps the rich collection of instructional techniques collected in the ERIC database. Focusing on specific topics and grade levels, these lesson outlines have been condensed and reorganized from their origi- nal sources to offer you a wide but manageable range of practical teaching suggestions, useful ideas, and classroom techniques. We encourage you to use the citations to refer to the sources in the ERIC database for more comprehensive presentations of the material outlined here. Besides its role in developing the ERIC database, the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication is responsible for synthesizing and analyzing selected infor- mation from the database and making it available in printed form. To this end we have developed