Activity Four: Exploring and Analyzing The Magazine of Poetry
Description
The Magazine of Poetry is a literary periodical founded in Buffalo, New York by Charles Wells Moulton in 1888. Its first issue premiered in January of 1889, and the periodical continued until 1895.
Moulton also published A Woman of the Century.
This activity will utilize the first volume of The Magazine of Poetry, which was published in 1889, to study biographical sketches, authorship, images, and types of poetry.
Moulton also published A Woman of the Century.
This activity will utilize the first volume of The Magazine of Poetry, which was published in 1889, to study biographical sketches, authorship, images, and types of poetry.
Duration
One day
Objectives
- To teach students to mine and analyze materials on one individual in The Magazine of Poetry
- To teach students to make comparative judgements about what they find for that woman in The Magazine of Poetry and the woman's profile in A Woman of the Century
- To give students practice triangulating between and among sources
- To ask students probing questions about the creation of A Woman of the Century
Materials
Lesson Plan Text
In this activity, you will be working with the first volume of The Magazine of Poetry, a periodical that made its debut in 1889.
1. Search for your woman’s biographical sketch and poetry in the first volume of The Magazine of Poetry.
- Do you know who wrote this biographical sketch? If so, how did you find out? What can you tell us about that person's background? How did you find out?
- Is there an image connected to the woman's biographical sketch? If so, is it the same image that is in A Woman of the Century? If not, what can you learn about the woman from this image?
- What topics is the woman writing about in her poems? What impression do you have of the poems? Why?
2. Write a one page comparison/contrast essay about the two biographical sketches.
3. Write a one page blog post discussing what this exercise taught you about the creation of A Woman of the Century. Does this new understanding change your impression of A Woman of the Century's creation?