1. Romanticism Research
Name of Group

2. Historical Background
How did Romanticism come about?
What were the historical events that made it happen?
Make a visual slide that tells its story (can deal with history, personalities, philosophies or themes); use one word bullet-points to narrate your pictures

3. Romanticism Define it Find a picture that tells its story
Make a slide that creates its emotional impact . . .

4. The Sublime One phrase that defines it . . .
How does it impact Romanticism’s Literature/Art?
Dissect (high-light, arrows, underline) a passage or a Painting that demonstrates it?

5. Aesthetics What are Aesthetics, according to Romantics?
What impact do they have on Literature and poetry?
Make a slide that demonstrates (with bullet points) what Aesthetics mean to the Romantic Period . . .

6. Transcendentalism What is it? Who practiced it?
What are its characteristics?
Find a contemporary song that captures the essence of this philosophy . . .
In one box, make a definition for transcendentalism, in another put the song.
Using bullet-points, compare and contrast

7. The Romantic Poets Who are they? What was their goal?
What were some of their personal beliefs related to poetry?
Put a famous Romantic Poem on the this slide and annotate it (arrows, highlights, underlines) that demonstrate your understanding

8. Realism Define it? Who practiced it?
What were they trying to accomplish
Find a Realist Poem and a Realist Painting
In this slide, both using bullet points to explain how one is like the other

9. Naturalism Define it? Who practiced it?
What were they trying to accomplish?
Find a Naturalist Painting and a Naturalist Short Story (or definition of Naturalism)
Using only symbols (arrows, boxes, call outs) make the connection between the two works . . .

10. Gothic Literature What is it? What are its characteristics?
What effect was it intended to have on the reader?
Who were some of the major authors who used it?
Make a visual slide (3 or more pictures) that explain Gothicism, how it came about, and how it was used . . .

11. Jacksonian Democracy What is it? What are its characteristics?
How did it effect the literature/philosophy of the period?
Using 5 Pictures – no words – define Jacksonian Democracy and show its emotional impact on the period

12. Philosophy
Look up these philosophers: Kant, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau
Find one picture that represents their ideas – it should not be of them (it should represent their ideas)
With that picture, have one word that appears at the same time; the slide should finish with four picture and four words