1.02 Timeline Activity

The Virtual Times

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Timeline: a linear arrangement of events as a point of reference.

As you move through the course, you will find a Timeline Activity in each Module. The purpose of the timeline is to help you associate literature and authors with the eras in which they wrote or lived. Why is it important to know the timeline? A book, poem, play, or journal may have a timeless theme which fits into our Contemporary thinking. However, to fully understand a piece of literature, we must consider the time period it represents or in which it was created.

In the Investigate portion of this lesson, you will find information on the era, authors, and literature you will study in Module 1. In the Report section of this lesson, you will find a practice activity to help you remember the timeline events. Then, you will be required to take a quiz as your assessment for this lesson.

Find out

when the important events of Colonial times in North America occurred.
when the authors of Colonial America lived.
when the pieces of literature you will study were written.

Become an investigator as you use the internet to find out more about these events, authors, and literary works.

The following links are provided so you can familiarize yourself with the events of the Colonial period. Click on each of the links and read about this extraordinary era in American history. You will then complete a timeline game (or interactivity) that will assist you in taking the timeline quiz (located in the Assessments area). You are sure to do well on the timeline quiz if you can match the dates with the according events below:

General Information of the time period and the authors presented in Module 1.

Anne Bradstreet from Representative Poetry Online.

John Smith

Jonathan Edwards

Information on The Scarlet Letter

To continue with this lesson, click on the Investigate tab at the top of this page or the next page arrow at the bottom of the page to see your assignment.