Carlson, Elizabeth_ENGL300A_American Literature Timeline by Elizabeth Carlson (Student) https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d Made with charisma en-us 2021-09-09 16:18:23 UTC 2025-10-15 23:24:13 UTC hello@padlet.com 2200BC Tower of Babel ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1728612940 Genesis 1:1-9]]> 2021-09-09 16:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1728612940 2200BC - 1600AD - Native Americans ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1728613151 - July is Native American heritage month
- There were many Native American tribes in Mississippi
-  The Choctaw were the most populous by far and remain so to this day





]]> 2021-09-09 16:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1728613151 Native American Literature ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1728613337 Period Characteristics
-oral literature: epic narratives, creation myths, stories, poems, songs
-use stories to teach moral lessons and convey practical information about the natural world
-deep respect for nature and animals
-cyclical world view
-figurative language/parallelism
]]> 2021-09-09 16:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1728613337 1607 Early Settlement - Jamestown ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1728613470 - Jamestown was located in Virginia
- Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery were the three ships that made it to Jamestown
- Jamestown was named after King James 1

Source: Egloff, Keith and Deborah Woodward, A Short History of Jamestown.]]> 2021-09-09 16:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1728613470 Present Day ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1728613610 2021-09-09 16:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1728613610 Interesting facts about Native Americans ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1739964480 - In their stories, a story teller would always include the numbers 4 or 7. Those numbers relate to the cardinal directions and deities plus those of skyward, earthward, and centre. 

- To Native Americans, the terms Myth and Folklore were used interchangeably. To them, they measured a matter of time rather than content. 

Source: Erna Gunther, Native American Literature]]> 2021-09-14 15:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1739964480 1692: Salem Witch Trials ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1759011560 - Began after a group of you girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft
- A special court was created to hear these cases
- Many people confessed to be using witchcraft, thinking they would have a lighter sentences

Source: History.com, Salem Witch Trials]]> 2021-09-22 04:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1759011560 1600- 1800 - Early Settlement ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1759032708 Period name: Puritanism 

Period Characteristics:
1. Wrote mostly diaries and histories, which expressed the connections between God and their everyday lives. 
2. Sought to "purify" the Church of England by reforming to the simpler forms of worship and church organization described in the New Testament. 
3. Saw religion as a personal, inner experience
4. Believed in original sin and "elect" who would be saved 
5. Used a plain style of writing 

Famous Authors and Works:
William Bradford 
- "Of Plymouth Plantation" 

Anne Bradstreet
(poetry)

John Edwards
- "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Edward Taylor 
- "Huswifery" ]]> 2021-09-22 04:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1759032708 Interesting facts about the early settlement ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1759046627 - Drinking water played a part of the early deaths of the settlement. The settlement was established on a swampy land, which isn't a source of fresh water. Also, the wells in Jamestown had water with high amounts of salt in them. 

- Even though King James 1 hated tobacco, it was Jamestown's economic viability. The settlers were trying to make an income from the surrounding resources, but nothing worked. With the smuggled tobacco seeds, and some trail and error, John Rolfe had finally turned them into a cash crop.

Source: Crystal Ponti, History]]> 2021-09-22 04:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1759046627 Famous Literature: 1651: Of Plymouth Plantation ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1776788963 - Many people died on the Mayflower due to diseases
- Squanto, a Native American who can speak English, helps the settlers learn to grow their food
- The White Angel, a ship sent to Plymouth by Sherley, brings no cargo for Plymouth. Sherley still charges the colonists for the shipment, plunging the settlers further into debt.]]> 2021-09-29 03:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1776788963 1741: Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1776789259 - Starts his sermon with two Biblical readings, one from Amos, the other from Deuteronomy
- Mankind cannot interfere with God's power to cast them into hell whenever he pleases
- Sinners shouldn’t take their continued presence on earth as evidence that God is less angry with them than he is with people already in hell]]> 2021-09-29 03:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1776789259 Famous Authors ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1776790043 Patrick Henry, Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor

]]> 2021-09-29 03:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1776790043 1750 - 1800 - Revolutionary War ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1790502533 Period Characteristics:
1. Mostly composed of philosophers, scientists, writing speeches and pamphlets. 
2. Human beings can arrive at truth (God's rules) by using deductive reasoning, rather of the past, on religious faith, or intuition. 

Famous Authors and Works:
Benjamin Franklin
- Autobiography 
Patrick Henry
- "Speech to the Virginia Convention"
Thomas Paine
- "The Crisis"
Phyllis Wheatley
- poetry]]> 2021-10-04 18:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1790502533 Rationalism, "The Age of Reason", "The Enlightenment" ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1790503745 - The enlightenment was an intellectual and cultural movement that emphasized reason over superstition and science over blind faith
- The three main ideas were reason, individualism, and skepticism
- The Enlightenment built on the earlier work of the Scientific Revolution

Source: History Crunch, Age of Enlightenment]]> 2021-10-04 18:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1790503745 Famous Literature ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1790506437 The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence]]> 2021-10-04 18:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1790506437 Interesting facts about the Revolutionary War ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1790569211 1. Native Americans and Loyalists Fought on the British Side. This led to divisions in tribes because many other Native Americans sided with the Americans. 

2. Women fought in the American Revolution. Many women acted as nurses and cooks for the soldiers. Some disguised themselves as men and fought in combat, or even as spies. 

Sources:
Pamela, Discover Walks
Krystle Proper, 7 Facts You Didn’t Know About the American Revolution]]> 2021-10-04 18:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1790569211 1840 - 1860 - Transcendentalism ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1831361090 Transcendentalism is a 19th century school of American theological and philosophical thought that combined respect for nature and self-sufficiency with elements of Unitarianism and German Romanticism. 

Source: https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/transcendentalism]]> 2021-10-20 18:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1831361090 The American Renaissance ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1831361964 - Started in the 1830s, unit the end of the American Civil War
- The literary scene of the period was dominated by a group of New England writers 
- The Transcendentalists contributed to the founding of a new national culture based on native elements

]]> 2021-10-20 18:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1831361964 Important Social and Political Movements ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1831363007 Abolitionist
Movement
Utopian Movement
Women's Suffrage Movement]]> 2021-10-20 18:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1831363007 Literary Characteristics ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1831368288 1. Everything in the world, including human beings, is a reflection of the Divine Soul. 
2. People can use their intuition to behold God's spirit revealed in nature or in their own souls. 
3. Self-reliance and individualism must outweigh external authority and blink conformity to tradition. ]]> 2021-10-20 18:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1831368288 Famous Authors and Works ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1831372029 Ralf Waldo Emerson
- Nature, "Self - Reliance"

Henry David Thoreau 
- Walden, Life in the Woods

Louisa May Alcott
- Little Women ]]> 2021-10-20 18:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1831372029 Black Lives Matter Protests ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1842944768 Black Lives Matter formed in the United States in 2013, it was dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence, especially in the form of police brutality. 

Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Lives-Matter]]> 2021-10-25 20:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1842944768 Black Lives Matter Protests ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1842945164 The Black Lives Matter activists have held large, influential protests in cities across the United States as well as internationally. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is active in the United States, Canada, and the Untied Kingdom. 

Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Lives-Matter]]> 2021-10-25 20:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1842945164 Industrialization 1800-1860 ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897703548 2021-11-17 18:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897703548 The War of 1812 ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897704844 1812 - 1815]]> 2021-11-17 18:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897704844 California Gold Rush ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897706891 1848 - 1859]]> 2021-11-17 18:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897706891 Period Characteristics ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897708477 1. Valued feeling, intuition, idealism, and inductive reasoning.

2. Placed faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination.

3. Shunned the artificiality of civilization and sought unspoiled nature as a path to spirituality.

4. Championed individual freedom and the worth of the individual

5. Saw poetry as the highest expression of the imagination

6. Dark Romantics: used dark and supernatural themes/settings (Gothic style)

]]> 2021-11-17 18:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897708477 Famous Authors and Works ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897709305 Washington Irving
—"Rip van Winkle"

Emily Dickinson
—poetry

Walt Whitman
—Leaves of Grass

Edgar Allan Poe
—"The Raven"

Nathaniel Hawthorne
—The Scarlet Letter

]]> 2021-11-17 18:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897709305 Age of Romanticism ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897717887 2021-11-17 18:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897717887 Interesting Facts ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897747039 The age of Romanticism is when poets and authors stopped using the writing styles of the ancient authors, but started to be inspired to write in their own individual styles. 

Source:
https://sites.udel.edu/britlitwiki/the-romantics/

]]> 2021-11-17 19:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897747039 Interesting Facts ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897761933 The Gold Rush attracted people from around the world. By 1850, more than 25 percent of California's population originated from outside the United States. In the beginning, most people came from South America and Asia. By 1852, more than 25,000 immigrants were from China. 

Source:
https://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-california-gold-rush]]> 2021-11-17 19:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1897761933 Interesting Facts ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1905384648 The American Renaissance was the period between 1830 and the start of the Civil War, 1861. 

Source:
https://www.easternct.edu/speichera/understanding-literary-history-all/the-american-renaissance.html]]> 2021-11-22 06:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1905384648 Interesting Facts ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1905390798 Nathaniel Hawthorne added a 'w' to his last name to distance himself from his family. His great-great grandfather was Jon Hathorne, one of the judges during the Salem Witch Trials. 

Source:
https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-nathaniel-hawthorne]]> 2021-11-22 06:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1905390798 The Cold War influenced the Moon landing ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1932816735 The Soviet Union and the United States raced each other in space exploration. The United States were considered the winners of the space race when they put the first men on the moon. 

Source:
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/space-race]]> 2021-12-07 05:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1932816735 The Cold War made people turn on each other ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1932821724 Americans were on edge from the news of the Soviet Union. Many turned on each other, convicting people of communist with little to no evidence. 
Source: McCarthyism packet]]> 2021-12-07 06:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1932821724 Maya Angelou ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1959267940 1. Maya Angelou spoke six different languages, French, English, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, and Fante. 

2. Maya Angelou wrote and directed several movies. The movies were, Calypso Heat Wave, Georgia, Georgia, and Down in the Delta. 

3. Maya Angelou had the opportunity to recite her work at a presidential inauguration. She used her poem “On the Pulse of Morning" for the occasion. 

Source:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/535135/facts-about-maya-angelou]]> 2021-12-21 17:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1959267940 Emily Dickinson ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1959446742 1. Emily Dickinson never published any of her poems under her name. 

2. Emily Dickinson had vision problems in her thirties. Bright light hurt her, and her eyes ached when she tried to read and write.

3. Emily Dickinson's niece added "Called Back" on her tombstone. It is a reference to a novel by Hugh Conway that Dickinson enjoyed reading. In the last letter that she wrote before she died, only said "Called Back."

Source:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/89564/11-poetic-facts-about-emily-dickinson]]> 2021-12-21 20:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1959446742 Gwendolyn Brooks ecarlson22 https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1966936384 - She was the first African American awardee of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

- She taught creative writing to Chicago gang members from the Chicago’s Blackstone Rangers.

- President John F. Kennedy invited Brooks to read at a Library of Congress poetry festival in 1962.

Source:
https://kidskonnect.com/people/gwendolyn-brooks/]]> 2021-12-28 20:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarlson22/r895gscek8sgho1d/wish/1966936384