Alison's House | Topics for Further Study

Select your favorite Dickinson poem. Read it aloud to your class and explain what you think it is about and why you like it best.

Individually or in small groups, select an author whose work you admire. Script a fifteen-minute dramatization of an important event in that person’s life and perform your short play for the class. For added effect, work some of the author’s writing into the script.

Glaspell liked to write about her home state of Iowa where Alison’s House is set. Research the history of Iowa and write a brief report about a significant event that...

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