Building Background Knowledge in History and Culture
Comparisons and Connections
In 1917, Sir Ernest Shackleton, in a historic quest to cross the Antarctic continent at the South Pole, found himself and his crew surrounded by ice for nine months. When it became evident the ice would sink the ship and take the lives of his crew, Shackleton made a series of decisions that saved every single man on board.
Survival! The Shackleton Story
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Patriarchy and Theories of Locke
1. The male pursuance of goals against all odds.
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2. The role of women as passive and dependent on men.
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Building Background Knowledge through Exploration of Genre
The Romantic View of Nature
Gothic Comparisons
Popular in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Gothic novels are characterized by the use of intense emotion, the characterization of nature as a powerful and destructive force, the use of weather and atmosphere to depict mood, and the evocation of terror and horror.
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Frame Story
Definition: Think of those Russian Matryoshka dolls. The big doll contains all of the other little dolls; the big box holds all the little boxes.
That's exactly what a frame story does in terms of narrative structure. It's the big overarching story that contains all of the little stories within it. It provides the background story that gives the real story an excuse to be told. Princess Bride - Opening scene
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