Literature Project Exploring History Through Literature

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Literature ProjectExploring History Through
Literature
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19th Century England

• Topics for Research
• Child Labour
• Social Classes
• Poverty
• Industrial Development
• Schools and Education
• Social Conventions
• regarding Women

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Great Authors, Great Books

• Charles Dickens
• described life in London in the 19th century,
  as the industrial revolution was taking place
  many children were sent to work, while no laws
  were aimed at protecting them.
• He described the misery and distress of the
  poor people.

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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

• The life of a boy in London
• in the 19th century

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David Copperfield

• The life and growing up
• of a boy in 19th century
• England

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Jane Eyre by Sharlotte Bronte

• The life story of an orphan girl who lived in
  England in the 19th century and, her hardships,
  education, her growing up and love. Among the
  other things, you can learn about the education
  and the expectations from women.

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Angelas Ashes

• Learn about the history of Ireland through the
  eyes of Frank McCourt who tells you his life
  story!

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Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

• Read about the adventures of Hucklberry Finn and
  Tom Sawyer, two good friends who lived in America
  in the 19th century.
• You will meet Jim, the runaway slave, and
  many other characters.
• You can learn about the slavery and education
  in that period.

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Uncle Toms Cabinby Harriet Bitcher Stew

• Learn about the slavery in America, meet Eliza,
  the runaway slave who didnt want to be separated
  from her baby. You can explore the history of
  slavery the differences between the south and
  the north and the background for the civil war.

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Braveheart

• Explore the history of Scotland through this
  story of the brave man who sacrificed his life
  for Scotland. Learn about William Wallace the
  great brave warrior and the bloody fights between
  the British and the Scotts.

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The Titanic

• Learn about the tragic historical event.
• The story reflects the lives of the different
  social classes.

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The Diary of Anne Frank

• Learn about the holocaust through the eyes of a
  Jewish girl who lived in a secret annex with her
  family

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For Solo Voice

• Fiction
• A woman tells her life story and how she
  survived the holocaust

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Border Friends

• The story of an impossible friendship between two
  teenagers who lived on the two sides of the
  border of Jerusalem before the Six- Day War

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In this project you will

• explore history through literature.
• use different sources of information authentic
  books, simplified readers, literature files
  including essays, reviews, encyclopedias, videos
  of films and interviews and the Internet
• fill in an information card
• write your essay, revise and edit it
• experience the assessment process
• Enjoy your work!!!