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British and World Literature is a streamlined survey of British literature that illustrates the origins of English-language literature and reflects its reach beyond the British Isles. The course is standards-based. Each activity correlates to state standards in six core areas: reading, writing, language (appreciation and aesthetics), listening and speaking, viewing and representing (including media literacy), and research. The course gives students meaningful practice in fundamental literacy skills while introducing them to classics of British and world literature. Throughout the course, students are encouraged to think and respond independently, critically, and creatively to the subject matter, whether it’s a work of literature, a piece of nonfiction writing, or a media work. The course emboldens students to approach these works — both on their own terms and within a larger context — while providing them with the tools and encouragement they need in order to do so.
Course Level: Core and Honors Available
Prerequisites: 10th grade English
Materials: (total price ~ $49.00)

• Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, ©1959, First Anchor Books Edition, 1994; ISBN: 0385474547 (other editions acceptable); ~ $9.00
• The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. Compact 7th ed. Ann Charters, ed. ©2007, Bedford/St. Martins; ISBN: 0312442718 (alternate edition also acceptable: 6th ed., ©2002; ISBN 0312397313); ~ $40.00