1. AMERICAN DRAMA English & U.S. History Paper 11 th Grade 2011

2. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange “Passionate and fearless, Shange’s words reveal what it meant to be of color and female in the twentieth century.” Historical Connections: African American female experience NTOZAKE SHANGE

3. “Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of black America--and changed American theater forever.” Historical Connections: Inner city African American struggle LORRAINE HANSBERRY A RAISIN IN THE SUN

4. “An aging salesman faces the truth about himself and tries to make peace with his grown sons, whose lives have been colored by his skewed expectations.” Historical Connections: Communism, Working man ARTHUR MILLER DEATH OF A SALESMAN

5. “His plays were among the first to include speeches in American vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair.” Available Online: http://www.gutenberg.org/ EUGENE O’NEIL VARIOUS PLAYS

6. “Maggie the Cat fights for the lives of her damaged and drinking husband Brick, herself, and their unborn children in the revised version of the dramatization of Big Daddy's birthday and death day party and family gathering.” Historical Connections: Social life in America TENNESSEE WILLIAMS CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF