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Summary and Objective
The students will understand that poets use language to create powerful mood in a piece, although the poem may not be historically accurate, by comparing "Paul Revere's Ride", by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and " A Funeral Elegy, to the Immortal Memory" found at the end of the propaganda poster from "Bloody Butchery, By the British Troops" from my digital collection.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Have copies of "Paul Revere's Ride," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow available for
students to read. These can be printed from the website; http://poetry.esever.org/paul-revere.html
Step 2.
Discuss with the students that the poem was written in 1860.
Step 3.
Practice choral reading so that the students get the opportunity to see, hear and recite the poem.
Step 4.
Read the propaganda article from the Americancenturies website, "Bloody Butchery, By the British Troops;Or The Runaway Fight of the Regulars", reciting the elegy at the end of the article.
Step 5.
Have the students make a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the two poems.
Step 6.
Using their diagrams, the students will write essays comparing and contrasting these two poems, being sure to focus on mood, purpose and historical accuracy.
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