APUSH – February 4 Announcements:

AP Gov and AP English – next year Net book survey

Objectives:To demonstrate your mastery of the Chapter 28 key

termsTo analyze the impact of a time period on literatureTo analyze a society through its literature

Homework:Monday – Chapter 29 Tuesday – The Great Gatsby chapters 1 and 2 and Lit

group workWednesday – The Great Gatsby chapters 3 – 5 and Lit

group work

Today Agenda:

Chapter 28 review and quizDiscuss In lit groups and then as a whole

class Sandburg and Eliot

Chicago What did Chicago look like at the turn of

the century?Analyze the following images. As I show you

the images jot down or underline in the poem how they apply to Chicago by Sandburg?

South Water Street Market

Chicago Skyline

Skyline with River

Woman with Chicago Pennant

Freight Cars

Store Room at Chicago Stockyards

Man Butchering Meat

State Street

Coal for the Poor

Chicago Underline or highlight areas of the poem that are reflected in the

previous photos.Literary techniques used in this poem:

Personification - the endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualitiesExample: "Time let me play / and be golden in the mercy of his means" underline or highlight examples in the poem

Apostrophe - a direct address of an inanimate object, abstract qualities, or a person not living or present.Example: "Beware, O Asparagus, you've stalked my last meal.“ Underline or highlight examples in the poem

How would this poem be different if there was neither personification nor apostrophe?

How does the writer feel about Chicago? What lines in the poem reflect this?

How well does the poem match with your understanding of Chicago during the turn of the century? Why?

What does this poem say about the time it was written? Or what does it say about what was happening in America at this time?

T.S. EliotThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock The Hollow Men

• Is J. Alfred Prufrock a happy person? Explain.

• What is the environment that J. Alfred Prufrock lived in? How did it shape him and his decisions?

• Is J. Alfred Prufrock a product of his environment or is he unique?

• What did you like about his poem?

Identify a passage, phrase or sentence you liked or thought was interesting. Explain why you picked it.

Identify a passage, phrase or sentence you didn't understand or thought was confusing.

What does The Hollow Men mean to you?

Why did Eliot write this poem? How does it apply to his time period?

How might this apply to today?

Reflection: Poetry at the Turn of the Century• What are the poems about? • What is the price of progress? • Do the benefits outweigh the

negatives?• What is the price of progress in todays

society? Do the benefits outweigh the negatives?