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﻿Intro to British Literature **﻿Overview**: In this, our first unit, we will be learing about the beginnings of British Literature, starting back in the 500's, and the effect that it has had in literature throughout the world. We will be introduced to some of the authors and majore works of each period as an overview, getting us ready for in-depth study of each as we progress throughout the year. **Lesson 1**: For the first lesson, we will be creating a timeline of British Literature. Each student will be assigned a period of time and a subject and will be split into groups. Each group will be required to create their own timeline. The requirements are listed below under technology. This will help us to distinguish the length of each of the historical periods, some of the major events that were happening throughout the world that lent to the writing, and some of the major authors and works written. This will give us a better uderstanding of what we are learning. At the end of this unit, we will have a game that the students will be able to participate in. Hopefully, they will all get 100%! **Technology**: For this project, we will be using an online tool located at [|www.timetoast.com]. Below is an example of what each group will create. Each group will consist of 3 people. I will decide the groups, but within each group, the students can decide who gets which section. It shall be split as follows: **Person 1**: Historical Events  **Person 2**: Authors and Works  **Person 3**: Major subjects written about, types of writing, etc. There will be a total of 7 groups. See the following timeline, and then in class we will discuss how to create this!

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When we are all finished, we will be able to combine our timelines into one long one that we will be able to refer back to throughout the year!