AP World Lit Class Activities for Dec 1

Short Stories of the World Unit Overview - see the email with the handout that I sent today

Story links from the Unit Overview:

Students will individually read the following short stories, all of which are available online at the noted links

 – online stories – students will access and read individually.

• Tolstoy “How Much Land Does a Man Need” (Russia) http://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/2738/            
• Lu Xun “My Old Home” (China) http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/luxun-calltoarms.html#Home
• Nadine Gordimer “The Train From Rhodesia” (S. Africa) (downloaded print version will be emailed)
• Kawabata “The Silver Fifty-Sen Pieces” (Japan) http://www.geocities.ws/skyshanks/pagesK1/GINKA.htm
• Hwang Sun-won “Cranes” (Korea) http://www.flippedoutteaching.com/lessons/eng2/unit4/Cranes.pdf
• Borges “The Library of Babel” (Argentina) http://people.math.sfu.ca/~van/teaching/Math-303/Fall14/Borges_LibraryofBabel.pdf                

HW-Discussion Questions due Dec 4 for your assigned short story