Use when getting into Thoreau, Emerson, et al.

Use to show hero's journey taken by various different characters: Moses, King Arthur, Simba, William Wallace, Luke Skywalker

I use this to show how much of the art from the Harlem Renaissance also reflects the genres of music and dance.

Use this to teach analysis and synthesis of various genres, ie., photography and art.

I give this as an assignment or sometimes a test - these examples are for my students so they know what I am looking for (Thanks to EC Ning, where I got the pictures.)

Use with the Hero's Quest

I use the example of Michael Phelps and Wheaties/Corn Flakes and Cybil Shepherd/The Beef Council to illustrate how we need to separate the voice from the message.

Help for finishing a paper with style

I use this with Ode to a Grecian Urn and Vincent to help students get inspired to create poetry from art.

I use this with the .ppt "Slow Children at Play"

I use this with a modern communication lesson where we talk about how modern immediate communication would change so many texts (Macbeth, TIOBE, etc.)

Use to explain seven deadly sins / with Chaucer unit

(Use with Road Sign Poetry PowerPoint)

Used with a Tess Unit, obviously. Good for background.

Use to give background before "The Devil and Tom Walker," "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," and "The Crucible."

I use this before getting into Macbeth to distinguish the tragic hero from the Byronic and classic heroes we have already looked at.

Use with Native American literature.

Use before TIOBE

I use this to teach personification, simile, and metaphor. I describe winter as Jim Carrey - it is amusing for a while, but it gets old pretty darn quick.