A View of American History through Poetry

Teacher:	Ms. Lum
Class:	American Literature
Project Title:	A View of American History through Poetry

*Web Sites to Use for Pre-1650 through 19th Century* Research U.S. Info.State.Gov Key Sites in American Literature Colonial and 19th Century American Literature and Poetry Literary Movements, Timelines, Authors, & American Literature Sites Washington State University
Historical Time Period	Pre-1650-1750 European Interaction with Americas Early Colonies	1750-1800 Lead up to Revolution Independence	19th Century Antebellum Period Civil War
Literary Movements	Calvinism Animism Native American Literature Colonial Literature Puritanism (Jeremiad, Meditation) Salem Witch Trials		Concord Chronology Transcendentalist Southwestern Humor Sentimental Fiction Realism Gothic Novel Slave Narratives
Poets to Explore & Study	Anne Bradstreet Ebenezer Cook Samuel Sewall Edward Taylor Michael Wigglesworth	Philip Freneau James Grainger Jupiter Hammon Elihu Hubbard Phillis Wheatley	Eloise A. Bibb William Cullen Bryant Olivia Ward Bush Emily Dickinson Ralph Waldo Emerson Philip Freneau Washington Irving Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Edgar Allen Poe Henreitta Cordelia Ray
*Web Sites to Use for 20th & 21st Century* Research U.S. Info.State.Gov Key Sites in American Literature Modern & Contemporary American Literature and Poetry
20th Century		21st Century
Historical Time Period	Worldwide spread of democracy Industrial-technological revolution Demographic shifts resulting from improved health care, transportation, and changed family relationships World Wars & the Rise of American Power Counter-Culture Globalization Civil Rights	Events of Terrorism & Conflict Human Interaction with the Environment (Energy Crises, Global Warming) Budgets and Deficits Immigration
Represents Movements of the 20th & 21st Century
Literary Movements	Surrealism and Existentialism The New York School Beat Poets The San Francisco School The Black Mountain School Idiosyncratic Poets Traditionalism Feminism The Language School	Experimentation New Formalism Stream of Consciousness Modernism The Lost Generation First World War Poets Imagism Harlem Renaissance Postmodernism Confessional Poetry Magical Realism Cyber-Poetry
Poets to Explore & Study	Robert Frost Adrienne Rich Jean Toomer e.e. cummings T.S. Eliot Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston James Weldon Johnson Jamaica Kincaid Sidney Lanier Waldo Pierce Sylvia Plath Anne Sexton Wallace Stevens Walt Whitman John Greenleaf Whittier William Carlos Williams	Maya Angelou Diane diPrima. Bob Perelman Bruce Andrews Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) Robert Bly Amy Clampitt Billy Collins Robert Creeley Mark Doty Robert Duncan Lawrence Ferlinghetti Allen Ginsberg Nikki Giovanni Louise Gluck Louise Glorie Graham Jorie Graham Lyn Hejinian Carolyn Kizer	Kenneth Koch Yusef Komunyakaa Maxine Kumin Joanne Kyger Li-Young Lee Denise Levertov Audre Lorde S. Merwin Janice Mirikitani Frank O'Hara Mary Oliver Robert Pinsky Kenneth Rexroth Michael S. Harper Charles Simic Gary Snyder Jack Spicer Mark Strand May Swenson Phil Whalen Charles Wright
Movements that Overlap Time Periods (Choose a movement and place it on the timeline.)
Literary Movements	Captivity Narratives Naturalism Local Color Plantation Tradition Travel Narratives	Chicano/Latino Poetry Native-American Poetry African-American Poetry Asian-American Poetry
Poets to Explore & Study	Jack Agueros Ai Meena Alexander Jimmy Santiago Baca Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge Gwendolyn Brooks Carlos Bulosan Rafael Campo Nick Carbo Lorna Dee Cervantes Marilyn Chin Frances Chung Sandra Cisneros Lucille Clifton Victor Hernández Cruz Rita Dove Louise Erdrich	Martín Espada Eugene Gloria Joy Harjo Lawson Fusao Inada Demetria Martínez Luis Palés Matos Pat Mora Simon Ortiz Willie Perdomo Pedro Pietri Alberto Ríos Luis J. Rodríguez Sonia Sanchez Leslie Marmon Silko Cathy Song Gary Soto Alice Walker
Project Documents
Poetry Note Taking Table
Web Links for Browsing Poems & Poets The Academy of American Poets Poets.org An Online Journal and Multimedia Companion to Anthology of Modern American Poetry Cary Nelson Poems Poem Hunter.com Poetry Archives Internet Poetry Archive

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Update: April 27, 2007