"Myth"
by Jonathan Bignell
"Myth"
by Jonathan Bignell
The reading
The reading

Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve
The reading
The reading

Prometheus and Pandora's Box
Prometheus and Pandora's Box
The reading
The reading

Medusa
Medusa
The readings

Orpheus and Eurydice
Orpheus and Eurydice
The reading
(traditional narrative)
The reading
(traditional narrative)

The reading (counternarrative)
The reading (counternarrative)

"The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling
"The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling
The reading
The reading

"The White Man's Guilt" by James Baldwin
"The White Man's Guilt" by James Baldwin
The reading
The reading

Junji Ito's "The Enigma of Amigara Fault"
Junji Ito's "The Enigma of Amigara Fault"
The reading
The reading

The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence
The reading
The reading

Sarah Churchwell's "A Brief History of the American Dream"
Sarah Churchwell's "A Brief History of the American Dream"
The reading
The reading

"America" by Claude McKay
"America" by Claude McKay

Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
"O Me! O Life!"
"O Me! O Life!"

"I Hear America Singing"
"I Hear America Singing"

Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
"Let America Be America Again"
"Let America Be America Again"

"I, Too"
"I, Too"

Bonus Read: "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
Bonus Read: "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
The reading
The reading

Unit 2
Systemic Racism and the American Dream
Unit 2
Systemic Racism and the American Dream
Cicero Bombing news article (1983)
Cicero Bombing news article (1983)

Boston, America's "most racist city," Boston Globe article (2017)
Boston, America's "most racist city," Boston Globe article (2017)

Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
Act 1, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun
Act 1, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun

Act 1, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun
Act 1, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun

Act 2, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun
Act 2, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun

Act 2, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun
Act 2, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun

Act 2, Scene 3 of A Raisin in the Sun
Act 2, Scene 3 of A Raisin in the Sun

Act 3, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun
Act 3, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun

The entire A Raisin in the Sun
The entire A Raisin in the Sun

Unit 3
The Land of Opportunity: Narratology and the Immigrant Experience
Unit 3
The Land of Opportunity: Narratology and the Immigrant Experience
"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway

"About My Father's Accent" by Roxane Gay
"About My Father's Accent" by Roxane Gay

"Motherfuckers" by Roxane Gay
"Motherfuckers" by Roxane Gay

"Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez
"Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez

"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel García Márquez
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel García Márquez

"Invitation" and "Sewer Fauna" by Claudia Hernández González
"Invitation" and "Sewer Fauna" by Claudia Hernández González

For Honors: "Shopgirl" by Dionne Irving
For Honors: "Shopgirl" by Dionne Irving

"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe

"New York Day Women" by Edwidge Danticat
"New York Day Women" by Edwidge Danticat

"The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu
"The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu

For Honors: "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
For Honors: "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan

Mayor Wu's Opening Statement to the US House Oversight Committee
Mayor Wu's Opening Statement to the US House Oversight Committee

Unit 4
Nothing is Certain: Death, Taxes, and Dreams
Unit 4
Nothing is Certain: Death, Taxes, and Dreams