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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

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Author Biographies

 

http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=16091

http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_zora_neale_hurston.html 

http://www.bookrags.com/notes/tewg/BIO.htm

http://www.novelguide.com/theireyeswerewatchinggod/biography.html

http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/HURSTONzoraneale.html

 

   
Background Information

 

Historical Context: http://www.campusnut.com/book.cfm?article_id=422

Art: http://cityhonors.buffalo.k12.ny.us/city/rsrcs/eng/hurcar/hurcar.html 

History of Jim Crow: http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/home.htm 

 

   
Lesson Plans and Activities

 

Characters:

     http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/eyes/charlist.html

     http://www.bookrags.com/notes/tewg/CHR.htm

     http://www.novelguide.com/theireyeswerewatchinggod/characterprofiles.html

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/eyes/canalysis.html

Objects/Places: http://www.bookrags.com/notes/tewg/OBJ.htm

Quotes:

     http://www.bookrags.com/notes/tewg/QUO.htm

     http://www.novelguide.com/theireyeswerewatchinggod/toptenquotes.html

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/eyes/quotes.html 

Metaphor:

     http://www.novelguide.com/theireyeswerewatchinggod/metaphoranalysis.html

Theme:

     http://www.novelguide.com/theireyeswerewatchinggod/themeanalysis.html

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/eyes/themes.html

     http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmTheirEyes07.asp 

Key Facts: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/eyes/facts.html

Questions:

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/eyes/study.html 

     http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmTheirEyes38.asp 

     http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/guide_xml.asp?isbn=0060931418

     http://books.rpmdp.com/rated96/hurston.htm

     http://www.uah.edu/aaww/Hurston_TEWG_SQ.htm

     http://www.bet.com/articles/1,,c4gb1524-2183,00.html

Quiz: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/eyes/quiz.html

Teaching Guides:

     http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/eyes/eyetg.htm

     http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1988/3/88.03.03.x.html 

Web Quest: http://www.fsu.edu/~CandI/ENGLISH/fsuwebquest3/eyes.htm

Folklore: http://edsitement.neh.fed.us/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=407

Writing Assignment:

     http://nweb.pct.edu/homepage/staff/evavra/SDM/W09/Hurston_Eyes.htm