Mapping Literature Assignment Overview
Following this Mapping Literature Assignment Overview page is the Assignment Instructions
and Dropbox where you will submit your completed document. This page is to help provide
more of an explanation and an example. Do not copy these examples but write your own.
THE RUGGED AMERICANS:
MAPPING LITERATURE
ASSIGNMENT
KEY POINTS
Choose: Review the readings we read for this module
Select: Select quotes or passages that represent key
themes or ideas in your plece. Be sure to note the
source!
NOTE:
Your quotes/passages should represent common
themes found in early American Literature AND
the theme of the Individual readings
Design: Choose a map in the directions or create
your own. Make sure the image is large enough for
me to read (MS Paint or PowerPoint is the easiest
to work with, but you can also do by hand)
Annotate: Find a location on your map that connects
with the quote or passage your selected. Use text box
to add it to your map if designing on laptop.
Explain: Write a paragraph explaining why you chose your quotes and the themes they represent. Don’t forget to explain why you placed them in the areas you did! The picture is an example of the assignment!