Stephen Crane
Lesson plans for The Red Badge of Courage and other works

|Stephen Crane, Biography and Background| |"The Blue Hotel"| |"The Open Boat"| |Poetry| |The Red Badge of Courage|

Stephen Crane -- Biography and Works
Brief biography, links to etexts.

Perspectives in American Literature: Stephen Crane
Follow links to discussion and study questions and a brief biography.

Naturalism in American Literature
Definition, characteristics, themes, and writers.

Stephen Crane, "The Blue Hotel"
Twelve questions for writing and/or discussion. This document requires MS-Word for access.

Crane, London, and Literary Naturalism
Students use Crane's "The Open Boat" and Jack London's "To Build a Fire" to explore the key characteristics of American literary naturalism.

"The Open Boat"
The materials include a synopsis, prereading, and other support materials available for download in either MS-Word or Adobe Reader format.

"The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane
Text of the story, practice for timed essay writing, vocabulary, and the newspaper account that prompted the story. Handouts require Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.

Poet: Stephen Crane
Links to poems in alphabetical order by title.

Stephen Crane Poetry Collection
Links to poems organized by publication.

Civil War Images
Photographs from the Civil War.

Courage and Fear
Six activities and an assessment for grades 11 and 12.

The Red Badge of Courage
Text of the novel.

The Red Badge of Courage
Chapter-by-chapter study questions.

The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Courage
This unit explores the three published endings to the novel and asks students to analyze the author's view of "manly virtues" such as courage.

The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Realism
Students compare specific excerpts from the novel to first-hand accounts of Civil War battles, in text and images. They also List elements of Crane's style that contribute to its realism.

Stephen Crane
Biography and links to e-texts of Active Service, The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie, a Girl of the Streets.

Vocabulary from The Red Badge of Courage
154 words presented in groups by chapter.

War Beyond Romance: The Red Badge of Courage and Other Considerations
This lesson plan helps students develop an understanding of the causes and nature of war. It includes vocabulary, discussion questions, and writing activities.

War Literature
Students examine the war-related themes of both Crane's prose and poetry. Lesson plans, discussion questions, evaluation, extension questions, related reading and links, and vocabulary. This standards-based set of lessons can be used with or without the video available from DiscoverySchool.com.