Unit 4
The Spirit of Nationalism
Declaring Independence, 1710-1850
Authors and Works 190
Overview Questions 190
Learning Objectives 191
Instructor Overview 191
Student Overview 192
Video Overview 193
Discussion Questions for the Video 194
Timeline 195
Author/Text Review 197
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) 197
Teaching Tips 198
Questions 199
Web Archive 199
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) 199
Teaching Tips 200
Questions 201
Web Archive 201
J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur (1735-1813) 202
Teaching Tips 202
Questions 203
Web Archive 203
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) 204
Teaching Tips 205
Web Archive 205
Questions 206
Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) 207
Teaching Tips 208
Questions 208
Web Archive 208
Royall Tyler (1757-1826) 209
Teaching Tips 210
Questions 211
Web Archive 211
Susanna Rowson (c. 1762-1824) 212
Teaching Tips 213
Questions 214
William Apess (1798-1839) 214
Web Archive 215
Teaching Tips 216
Questions 216
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) 217
Teaching Tips 218
Web Archive 218
Questions 219
Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) 220
Teaching Tips 222
Questions 222
Web Archive 222
Suggested Pairings 223
Core Contexts 225
Every Man for Himself: American Individualism 225
Questions 227
Web Archive 227
A New Rome: Neoclassicism in the New Nation 228
Questions 230
Web Archive 230
Mammoth Nation: Natural History and National Ideals 231
Web Archive 233
Questions 234
Extended Contexts 234
The Awful Truth: The Aesthetic of the Sublime 234
Questions 234
Web Archive 236
Miss America: The Image of Columbia 236
Questions 238
Web Archive 238
Personal and Creative Responses 238
Problem-Based Learning Projects 239
Glossary 239
Selected Bibliography 241
Further Resources 242