American Literature
Credit: 0.5 units
Lessons: 10 lessons, 8 submitted
Exams: 2 exams
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course explores American literary themes about the relationships between individuals and their peers, their families, and society as a whole. Through critical reading of several novels and plays, students examine the conflicts that arise between oppressive social constructs and individuals who refuse to conform to them. Gifted: This course is academically challenging. Any student who has an interest in the subject and has met the prerequisites (if any), may enroll.
Preview This Course — A preview includes general information about the course and, if available, one lesson and one progress evaluation.
| | Author | Description | Edition | ISBN | New Price | | |
| 1. | Hansberry | A Raisin in the Sun | Vintage '94 | 0-679-75533-0 | 4.70 | |
| 2. | Hinton | The Outsiders | '97 Puffin | 0-14-038572-X | 6.25 | |
| 3. | Lawrence & Lee | Inherit The Wind | Bantam | 0-345-46627-6 | 4.95 | |
| 4. | Neihardt | When The Tree Flowered | '91 | 0-8032-8363-6 | 11.95 | |
| 5. | Plath | The Bell Jar | '99 Perennial | 0-06-093018-7, 0-06-083702-0 | 8.95 | |
| 6. | Steinbeck | The Grapes of Wrath | '06 | 0-14-303943-1 | 10.35 | |
| 7. | Twain | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | '00 | 0-395-98078-X | 15.65 | |
Required materials total: $62.80
High School fee: $160.00
Administrative fee: $25.00
Subtotal, fees only: $185.00
Required materials: $62.80
Total cost, including materials: $247.80