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Activity 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link to access an interactive reading of “The Story of an Hour”<\/a> by Kate Chopin on the CommonLit website. You are not required to complete the assessment questions, but doing so may enhance your understanding of the story.<\/p>\n

C.ick this link for a thought-provoking comment<\/a> about “The Story of an Hour.”<\/p>\n

Activity 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link<\/a> to read the poem “The Wife” by Emily Dickinson.<\/p>\n

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Activity 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link to access an interactive reading of “The Necklace”<\/a> by Guy De Maupassant on the CommonLit website. You are not required to complete the assessment questions, but doing so may enhance your understanding of the story.<\/p>\n

Activity 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link <\/a>to access the 20th Century story “Another Evening at the Club” by Alifa Rifaat.<\/p>\n

Activity 5\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link for an overview of the 19th Century Cult of Domesticity\/True Womanhood<\/a><\/p>\n

(optional)<\/strong>
\nClick this link<\/a> to view a short Youtube video on the 19th Century Cult of Domesticity\/True Womanhood.<\/p>\n

Activity 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

For a comprehensive discussion, read the following article by Barbara Welter about
\nThe Cult of True Womanhood<\/a><\/p>\n

Activity 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please view this video lecture <\/a>on “The Necklace.” I am going to expand it to include “The Story of an Hour” and “The Wife”; however, for now, The lecture on the Chopin Story and the poem must be read from the transcript.<\/a><\/p>\n

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