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Eudora Welty Website Evaluators
Craig Akey - Clintonville High School, Wisconsin
Rodney Cameron - Abraham Lincoln High School, Iowa
Susan Collins - Northwest Whitfield High School, Georgia
Suzanne Dilday - Benton High School, Arkansas
Ann Gann - Clinton High School, Tennessee
Chris Huber - On leave, Missouri
Barbara C. Rhodes - Central Missouri State University, Missouri
Daphne Roberts - Bryan Station High School, Kentucky
Rebecca Robertson - Eagleville High School, Tennessee
Rick Vanderwall - Price Laboratory School, Iowa
Matthew Weeks - St. Mary's High School, California
Barbara Youel - Berea High School, Ohio
Website Reviewers and Compilers
Chris Huber - On leave, Missouri
Charles R. Sanders - San Pedro High School, California
Site Ratings
1=Poor 2=Fair 3=Good 4=Excellent NCTE Ideas - Joseph
Campbell, Cinderella, and Eudora Welty: Using the Journal of a Hero to Explore "A Worn Path"
http://www.ncte.org/notesplus/Cardino-March1995.html
At this site, teachers of honors or AP literature classes will find an intriguing lesson plan for exploring Eudora Welty's short story, "A Worn Path."
Using the familiar fairy tale, "Cinderella" to illustrate Joseph Campbell's analysis of the stages of the heroic journey in literature, the authors of this article intend for students to connect Campbell's ideas to the
"theme of the ordinary person who rises to heroic heights," as developed in Welty's "A Worn Path." Good suggestions for group work and homework are offered and "teachers will easily relate to the teaching
strategy" presented here.
Overall Rating: 4The American Short Story: A Selective Chronology
http://titan.iwu.edu/~jplath/sschron.html
This "extensive," chronological listing of major American short stories could prove to be "very valuable to a teacher of American literature." Although there
are no lesson plans nor links to any of the authors listed, this timeline "puts the history of the American short story into perspective, and will allow a creative teacher to develop a plan of teaching the chronology."
Overall Rating: 3Documenting the American South
http://sunsite.unc.edu/docsouth/
This "impressive" site provides "a wealth of information on
Southern literature and history." Researchers will find a "digitized library of Southern literature, first person narratives of the American South," and a great many "slave narratives and other documentation of
the slave era."
Overall Rating: 3Eudora Welty
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/authors/eudora.welty.html
For those who are trying to decide which of the many short stories or novels of Eudora Welty they would like to read, this site may help.
"Written to appeal to students," the page provides "short, enthusiastic reviews of five novels, a short story collection and an autobiography." The Ponder Heart is "among those reviewed, though
Losing Battles receives the highest endorsement." Although the reviews are brief, "the information should instill interest."
Overall Rating: 3 Eudora Welty
http://www.hmco.com/college/english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/welty.html
While this "plain, text-only" site is not much to look at, teachers
will find "good ideas for conducting discussion and (making) writing (assignments) about (Eudora) Welty." With a "short, to-the-point style that is very utilitarian," the contributing editor of this page "lists
major themes, elements of fiction, and views about study questions," along with "some approaches to the teaching...and an analysis of the work of Eudora Welty." Links lead to "similar analyses of other Southern
writers: William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Anne Porter, and Alice Walker."
Overall Rating: 3The Eudora Welty Newsletter
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwewn/
Here are several pages of interest to secondary students and teachers: a "well-written biography followed by a bibliography of Welty's writing," and a set of analytical questions and where to find the
answers. "It could guide teachers and direct students to research topics (and) external, scholarly sources, usually found in a college library." "Students will find it a good, basic information site that is
designed attractively but simply." One important link leads to a section of frequently asked questions about the life and writing of Welty. The newsletter itself is intended for serious scholars or
enthusiasts. The sample posted focuses on events.
Overall Rating: 3"Why I Live at the P.O."
http://art-bin.com/art/or_weltypostoff.html
Here is a "convenient way of getting a copy" ofEudora Welty's short story, "Why I Live at the P.O.," along with the added bonus of a "most charming" picture of the
author and a "nice short commentary on the nature of Welty's writing." The site has the "potential for teachers to design activities that integrate sites into learning activities." One link "offers insight"
into the short story.
Overall Rating: 3A Conversation with Tim Gautreaux
http://www.theatlantic.com/atlantic/unbound/factfict/gautreau/tgautr.htm
Southern writer Tim Gautreaux "provides an insight into how a
writer's environment affects his stories" in this interview from The Atlantic Monthly. Because the article "attempts to get inside a writer's skin and probes where stories come from, how they are
expressed, and what they mean," it could prove to be "a great discussion piece in a creative writing class." Literature teachers may find the interview to "be of some use related to 'frontier' story telling and
Twain, which (the writer) cites as an inspiration."
Overall Rating: 2Eudora: How a Southern writer came to lend her name to a computer program
http://art-bin.com/art/or_weltypreface.html
"Worth a visit for the complete text of Welty's story "Why I live at the P.O." Learn how computer programmer Steve Dorn was inspired by the story and named his now famous email program after its author.
Several paragraphs on Welty's career and style provide basic introductory information for students, but there is nothing in the way of teaching materials.
Overall Rating: 2The Idea of the South
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97dec/south.htm
This article from The Atlantic Monthly
"explores three books that discuss distinctive features of Southern literature." While the article is more a "social commentary on the modern South," and is probably "too cerebral to hold most students' attention," literature teachers may find "some good quotes on what makes 'Southern' writing unique."
Overall Rating: 2Thumbnail Book Review: One Writer's Beginning
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/~jmcd/book/revs/owrb.html
With "well-crafted sentences," this site presents a review of Eudora Welty's autobiography, One Writer's Beginning. "Insightful
comments" encourage one "to want to know more about Welty." Potentially valuable links point to "other women writers" and to "other books set in the American South."
Overall Rating: 2
Thumbnail Book Review: The Ponder Heart
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/~jmcd/book/revs/ponh.html
This "tightly written" review of Eudora Welty's The Ponder Heart,
is "valuable as a resource for readers trying to find a book and for teachers looking for basic information about it." The listed links are "also worth a visit" and include an "excellent description of the soon to be built Eudora Welty Writer's Center."
Overall Rating: 2 |
