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Jane Eyre and the Advent of First-Person Narratives
Charlotte Bronte is given credit for crafting what is considered the first of a long series of first-person narratives. Her Jane Eyre is not the usual beautiful, self-assured heroine, but rather has inspired the others, the misfits, the...
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Pbs: The Street by Ann Petry: Black Single Mother Seeks the American Dream
In this video [3:40] from the American Masters film Novel Reflections on the American Dream we meet Lutie Johnson, the African-American single mother heroine of Ann Petry's novel "The Street". The video gives an introduction to the novel...
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Pbs Learning Media: Retro Report: The War on Drugs: The New Face of Heroin
This 14-minute video provides students with historical context that explains how the United States committed to a multi-decade war on drugs that resulted in mass incarceration and racially unequal outcomes in the criminal justice system....
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Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: Famous Moments in American History: Molly Pitcher
A unique look at Molly Pitcher's efforts in the Revolutionary War. Watch the video to hear "Molly" tell about her own experience in the war. [2:05]
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Pbs Learning Media: Little Women: Defying Convention
Explore how Jo's dreams of being a writer-and her refusal to marry Theodore Laurence (Laurie)-defied the conventional roles of women in 19th-century America, in this video excerpt from Little Women: Masterpiece. Although readers...