Study Guide
Penguin Books

A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classics Edition of The Awakening by Kate Chopin

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
"Immoral!" "Scandalous!" When published in 1899, Kate Chopin's The Awakening was not well received. The novel traces the tragedy of Edna Pontellier, who rebels against the strictures placed upon her as a woman and mother....
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Kate Chopin's The Awakening: Searching for Women and Identity in Chopin's "The Awakening"

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The final lesson of a three-part series on Kate Chopin's The Awakening has scholars investigate life as a woman in late nineteenth-century America. They research the role of women in society through the eyes of the characters in the...
Study Guide
Spark Notes

The Awakening by Kate Chopin: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Kate Chopin's The Awakening. Students may check some of their answers online.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Magic Squares: The Awakening

For Students 7th - 12th
After matching words drawn from Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, with their definitions, readers complete a magic square game. Included are instructions for how to develop magic squares.
Interactive
Curated OER

The Awakening Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Kate Chopin's The Awakening. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Unit Plan
EngageNY

Grade 11 ELA Module 4 Overview

For Teachers 11th Standards
The intricate craft of narrative writing can make a happy story feel exuberant or a sad story feel devastating. With 42 extensive lessons that include poignant discussion questions, standards-aligned self-reflections, engaging writing...
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Curated OER

Foreshadowing and Situational Irony in Kate Chopin Short Stories

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This resource contains summaries of the stories featured, but limited procedural detail. Readers compare Chopin's stories' use of situational irony and foreshadowing. High interest content (questionable paternity, missing persons) for...
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K20 LEARN

Totally Different Stories: Perspective

For Teachers 9th Standards
Two stories by Kate Chopin provide high school freshmen with an opportunity to reflect on the importance of the perspective from which a story is told. Class members read "The Story of an Hour" and a passage from The Awakening, then...
Interactive
Curated OER

The Catcher in the Rye Character Map

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this literature learning exercise, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Curated OER

Writing a Tall Tale

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars study the various aspects of tall tales. They read various tall tales and discuss the characteristics and literature aspects of tall tales. Students write their own unique tall tales.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Figurative Language - Part Two

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students need to use their papers from Part One of this lesson plan. They then write a paragraph for each term. This exercise help them to use these terms in their writing. Using figurative language makes writing more descriptive and...
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Awakening by Kate Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore The Awakening by Kate Chopin.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The Awakening by Kate Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this primary set document The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Includes teaching guide.
eBook
Other

Classic Books at American Literature: "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
A short synopsis of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" followed by the full text divided by Chapter selection. With links to other short stories by American writers.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Realism: "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the short story "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin which takes place in Louisiana during one hour at the turn of the 19th century. Chopin uses local color and various forms of irony to tell the story. The text is...
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Other

Angel Fire: Kate Chopin: A Woman Ahead of Her Time

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography of Kate Chopin including her life, her writing, and her works. It features photos of Chopin and other leading women of the era and links to her works, photos, and more information about her.
Website
Other

Kate chopin.org: Kate Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is dedicated to Kate Chopin including her biography, and links to her short stories including the text, analysis, and questions for each, links to her novels especially The Awakening which includes a link to the text, analysis,...
eBook
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.
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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...
eBook
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."
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...