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Chicago Public Schools. “Admissions: Back of the Yards HS.” Find a School. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://www.cps.edu/Schools/Find_a_school/Pages/findaschool.aspx. This webpage explains the criteria by which students are admitted to Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School.
Chicago Public Schools. “Overview: Back of the Yards HS.” Find a School. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://www.cps.edu/Schools/Find_a_school/Pages/findaschool.aspx. This webpage provides the demographics of Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School.
Common Core State Standards Initiative. “Reading: Literature » Grade 11-12.” English Language Arts Standards. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/11-12/. The Common Core State Standards for grades 11 and 12 were used in the writing of this unit because the intended audience is a group of 12th-grade students.
“A Conversation about ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ with Actors Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster, and Vanessa Kirby.” By Charlie Rose. May 24, 2016. Accessed July 19, 2016. https://charlierose.com/videos/28110. This interview with the main actors in a recent production of the play highlights for students how much values have changed since the play’s premiere.
Fisher, James. “Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904).” In The Tennessee Williams Encyclopedia, edited by Philip C. Kolin, 37-38. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004. This section provides evidence that Chekhov influenced Williams’ writing.
Grene, Nicholas. “Chapter 5: A Streetcar Named Desire: See-Through Representation.” In Home on the Stage, 104-126. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. This chapter contains photos and captions from the premiere; the captions in particular provide a stark contrast in values to those highlighted in the Charlie Rose interview above.
Grudzina, Douglas, ed. “Formalist Activity Three: Analyzing Motifs and Recurring Images.” In Teaching Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire from Multiple Critical Perspectives, 31-33. Clayton, DE: Prestwick House, 2009. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://www.wsd3.org/cms/lib010/CO01900798/Centricity/Domain/479/streetcar_named_desire_mcp.pdf. This teacher’s guide contains multiple activities that can be modified for classroom use.
Hawkins, William. “A Streetcar Named Desire from the New York World-Telegram.” In Critical Essays on Tennessee Williams, edited by Robert A. Martin, 27-28. New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1997. This chapter contains a review of the premiere.
International Baccalaureate. Diploma Programme Language A: Literature Guide First Examinations 2013. Cardiff, Wales: International Baccalaureate Organization, 2011. This guide is important to IB teachers for shaping activities to allow students to practice for IB assessments.
Jones, Robert Emmet. “Tennessee Williams’ Early Heroines.” In Two Modern American Tragedies: Review and Criticism of Death of a Salesman and A Streetcar Named Desire, Edited by John D. Hurrell. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1961. This section presents Blanche as a heroine rather than a villain or a victim.
Morehouse, Ward. “A Streetcar Named Desire from the New York Sun.” In Critical Essays on Tennessee Williams, edited by Robert A. Martin, 25-26. New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1997. This section contains a review of the premiere.
Saddik, Annette J. The Politics of Reputation: The Critical Reception of Tennessee Williams’ Later Plays. Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1999. This book contains social and cultural commentary on A Streetcar Named Desire.
Small, Jr., Robert C. A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Edition of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: Penguin Group, 2004. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://www.penguin.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/streetcar.pdf. This teacher’s guide contains ideas for activities for both the English class and interdisciplinary studies that can be modified to suit teachers’ needs.
Smith, Armantine M. “The History of the Woman’s Suffrage Movement in Louisiana.” Louisiana Law Review 62, no. 2 (Winter 2002): 509-560. Accessed June 19, 2016. http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5926&context=lalrev. This law review contains a quotation from 1854 about women’s roles; when coupled with A Streetcar Named Desire, it serves to highlight the static nature of women’s roles in the American South.
“Theme: Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire.” A Level English Language and Literature (EMC) Delivery Guide. Cambridge: OCR, 2015. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/261575-a-streetcar-named-desire-delivery-guide.pdf. This teacher’s guide is especially valuable to IB teachers because it frames the unit using the language specific to the teaching of IB units.
Theriault, Sawyer A. “Anton Chekhov and the Development of the Modern Character.” Inquiries Journal/Student Pulse 1 (11), 2009. Accessed August 4, 2016. http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/a?id=70. This article explains the evolution of the modern character; it attributes the creation of the modern character to Chekhov which, in studying the characters in A Streetcar Named Desire, underscores Chekhov’s influence on Williams’ writing.
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