Breathing Life Into High School American Literature
/I've had great literature teachers. I've had not so great literature teachers.
How about you?
What do you remember about the really great literature teachers who taught you?
I am a people person.
Perhaps you are? And, maybe your high schooler is, too?
We've had people-person high schoolers learning in our home. These young adults needed to meet people--the real people who changed their field, maybe even changed the world--in order to remember. In the case of literature, some of our learners needed to meet the authors.
Imagine our delight when we found this vintage treasure?
Famous American Authors by Sarah K. Bolton
Biographies of the lives of authors brought our literature studies to life.
Reading the biographies of authors helped my high schooler understand how life events influenced their writing. Truly fascinating!
There was life in our high school learning.
With this resource, our current high schooler was able to read about Louisa May Alcott and then read the classic, Little Women. The people connection had brought literature to life while earning our high schoolers credit.
Famous American Authors was a welcome addition to our high school American Literature course. It may be to yours as well.
