[Civi US] What is Redlining?
From The New York Times (2021) The term has come to mean racial discrimination of any kind in housing, but it comes from government maps...
Reconstruction: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
To complement our lesson on the aftermath of the American Civil War, watch this video focusing on the idea of broken promises,...
Shakespeare: our Roman Empire?
"How much Shakespeare is constantly in your head every day?" Dame Judi Dench gets asked on the Graham Norton Show (Oct. 23)....
Why Shakespeare Loved Iambic Pentameter
From www.nosweatshakespeare.com What is iambic pentameter and why is it so widely used in English poetry? A 5-min TEDEd tutorial to round...
Poetry reading: "The Tyger"
Here is a reading of the famous, enigmatic poem by William Blake, from Songs of Experience (1794). Listen to it as many times as...
What is meter in poetry?
Re-watch the video to consolidate what you learned in class about English verse and prosody: