https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2 exploring the historical context of Moby Dick through primary sources en-us 2016-02-15 17:26:55 UTC 2026-01-24 04:39:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/16283175/7aff7d1e448eff17b54b1595a39db9c70ac11a7f/42c625a9a3dbfcc17e53c4c08cae99e2.jpg kimfrazierr https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95147075 As we've discussed throughout the year, understanding the historical context of a text is integral to understanding it. One mistake that students make when reading historical texts is bringing to it modern day assumptions. Familiarizing yourself with the historical context will help you better understand everything-- from diction choices to allusions, from character development to symbolism. Let's begin with an overview of HOW to read historical texts...]]> 2016-02-15 17:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95147075 kimfrazierr https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95147981 Set up a two page spread in your ThinkBook. You can use the timeline we set up at the beginning of the year if you want. Take notes as you read through the various primary sources linked here. I encourage you to try the sketch note approach, since visualizing this moment in time will be helpful to you. Begin by creating a quick schematic of what you have learned about the era so far. Refer back to your notes and capture the essence of the following terms: picturesque, romanticism, transcendentalism, and the sublime.]]> 2016-02-15 17:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95147981 kimfrazierr https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95148729 Click on the link below, scroll through the images, and note the evolution of of how the natural world was perceived. Pay particular attention to images created during the 1800s. In your notes, comment verbally or visually on how these images align with the concepts of romanticism and the sublime.]]> 2016-02-15 17:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95148729 kimfrazierr https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95149688 Click on the link below. It will take you to a site that has archived some images that relate to the whaling industry. Click on the Logbook Art and Images of Whaling links. Peruse the images and then explain on your note sheet how these images relate to what you read about in Moby Dick. Do they illuminate any of the details you read about? ]]> 2016-02-15 17:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95149688 kimfrazierr https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95150580 Read about the purpose of sea shanties on this webpage. You might want to listen to a few, too.

]]> 2016-02-15 18:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95150580 kimfrazierr https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95151035 Listen to some of the sea shanties on this YouTube compilation. Take some notes on your perceptions. How do the songs and what you have learned about their purpose help you better understand the mindset of 19th century sailors? Consider the following questions... What was life like on a whale ship? What was the nature of the work? How did the whaling life affect families? What type of man might have chosen the life of a whaler?]]> 2016-02-15 18:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95151035 kimfrazierr https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95151677 Here's some amazing footage from the early 20th century. You won't have time to watch it all, but watch five minutes or so. I love that you get a historical firsthand account. What do you find interesting?]]> 2016-02-15 18:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95151677 kimfrazierr https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95152328 Scroll through the timeline linked below. It provides a good overview of the whaling industry that developed in New England. What similarities do you notice between this historical timeline and events or details you read about in Moby Dick. Capture anything noteworthy in your ThinkBook.]]> 2016-02-15 18:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95152328 kimfrazierr https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95153177 Spend the rest of the period scrolling through the attached primary source: Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. This is a true account of a whaling ship's disastrous encounter with a sperm whale. It is the primary source Mrs. Hall shared with us at the beginning of the year. The book and the movie In The Heart of the Sea were based upon this narrative. It also inspired Melville's Moby Dick. I'd scroll down to page 77 or so. Things start to really go downhill from there! Don't forget to add some details to your SketchNotes.]]> 2016-02-15 18:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kimfrazierr/vx4mjw6raqh2/wish/95153177