American Literature Good Morning  Please get all journals together (stapled) and turn in on the podium!

Urbanization European immigrants flooded America’s cities all along the East Coast, primarily New York City. (At least 9 Million in 20 Years) The east coast cities were heavily unprepared for that many people This quickly lead to vast overpopulation resulting in high crime, slums, and many other related problems.

The Great City Skyscrapers, traffic, air and noise pollution, all became part of life in the big city. The industrial city needed workers, but often paid them poorly. Wages were so bad that one or two working adults could not support a family, so child labor became a common necessity.

Stephen Crane Biography Discussion: How does this portray the literary period of Realism? What would this scene have looked like if this was written during Romanticism?

Stephen Crane Read excerpt from Maggie: A Girl On The Streets Urbanization Video→ Read excerpt from Maggie: A Girl On The Streets

RACES R-restate A-answer C-cite evidence E-explain that evidence S-summarize main point After reading the two excerpts, how does Stephen Crane prove to be a Realistic author?

Performance Tasks Recall: What childhood trials do Jimmy and Maggie face in the narrative? Analyze: What does Stephen Crane’s narrative reveal about life in the city in the age of Realism and Naturalism? Synthesis/Evaluate: Research sex trafficking. Examine the circumstances that many of these victims are reared under. Using Crane’s narrative discuss why or why not much has changed in the last 115 years.