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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": No Choice but Under? Unit Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit plan can be used as a whole, or any of its three parts. Plenty of resources for the context of the novel, and the literary concepts of realism and regionalism are provided.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Katherine Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Katherine Chopin including the full text of the novel The Awakening and 11 short stories including "The Story of an Hour" and "Beyond the Bayou."
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Beyond the Bayou" by Katherine Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Beyond the Bayou" by Katherine Chopin, a story of La Folle leaving the boundaries of the Bayou.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: "At the 'Cadian Ball" by Katherine Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of the short story "At the 'Cadian Ball" by Katherine Chopin.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning:ap Lit : Alienation, Disaffection, & Estrangement

For Students 9th - 10th
This AP unit focuses on the themes Alienation, Disaffection, and Estrangement using the Kate Chopin works: The Awakening and "The Story of an Hour" and "The Unknown Citizen" by W.H. Auden. It includes links to these text including audio...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Ma'ame Pelagie" by Katherine Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Ma'ame Pelagie" by Katherine Chopin. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Story of an Hour" by Katherine Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "The Story of An Hour" by Katherine Chopin. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Reflection" by Katherine Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of a short piece by Katherine Chopin called "A Reflection". (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Respectable Woman" by Katherine Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "A Respectable Woman" by Katherine Chopin. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Change the View: Retell a Narrative Through Different Eyes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read a short story by Kate Chopin titled "The Story of an Hour." Review the elements of a narrative and the point of view of the narrator. Then, create the final product of the module, a narrative written from a different point of view.
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Curated OER

Kate Chopin

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Kate Chopin.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Kate Chopin House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Kate Chopin, author of The Awakening, source for her writings on bayou life.
Handout
Other

Assumption.edu: Kate (O'flaherty) Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
Yet another interesting biography on the writer Kate Chopin. Sympathetic yet insightful. Discusses her life and the issues she dealt with as a writer.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Awakening by Katherine Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "The Awakening" by Katherine Chopin set in New Orleans at the end of the 19th century. This novel is one of the earliest novels to focus on women's issues and is a landmark work of early feminism.
Website
Other

Bucknell University: Kate Chopin's Short Stories From Vogue

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides stories published by the popular magazine listed by title and date. An overview of style and type is given.
Primary
Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University: "The Story of an Hour"

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" with hyperlinks to definitions and comprehension questions. A link to biographical information about Chopin is also available.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpts From the Awakening

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpts from the Awakening" by Kate Chopin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Desiree's Baby

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Desiree's Baby" by Kate Chopin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: A Matter of Prejudice

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "A Matter of Prejudice" by Kate Chopin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Ripe Figs

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Ripe Figs" by Kate Chopin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University: "The Story of an Hour"

For Students 9th - 10th
Here at the Virginia Commonwealth University, read Kate Chopin's "The Story of An Hour." A "Reading response," exercise is provided after the complete text of the story.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Storm" by Katherine Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "The Storm" by Katherine Chopin. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Storm

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary, an analysis of the book including the themes and characters, as well as questions that can be discussed.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Urbanization 1870 1900: Change Reflected in Thought and Writing

For Students 11th - 12th
American writers and intellectuals played an important role in articulating the changes taking place in Industrial America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Learn about some of the prominent writers, scientists, and philosophers at that...

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