1st Edition

Teaching Nineteenth-Century Literature An Essential Guide for Secondary Teachers

By Rachel Fenn, Anna McGlynn Copyright 2019
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

Teaching nineteenth-century literature can be an incredibly rewarding experience, resulting in lessons which are exciting and engaging and enable amazing levels of student progress. This essential handbook guides teachers through the key events of the period, offering theoretical approaches and a wealth of practical ideas for teaching nineteenth-century fiction and poetry in the secondary... Read more

Introduction

Chapter One: The nineteenth century in a nutshell

Chapter Two: Teaching nineteenth century fiction at KS4 and KS5

Chapter Three: Teaching nineteenth century poetry

Chapter Four: Teaching nineteenth century texts to younger students

Chapter Five: Tackling Long Novels

Chapter Six: Teaching nineteenth century non-fiction

Chapter Seven: Teaching Resources

Appendix 1: Mansfield Park unit plan

Appendix 2: Mansfield Park summary sheet

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Rachel Fenn is Head of English at École Jeannine Manuel in London, UK.

Anna McGlynn is a teacher of English at Weald of Kent Grammar School, UK.