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Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God
Website Evaluators
Kevin Brooke - Springs County High School, Wyoming
Ann Gann - Clinton High School, Tennessee
Website Reviewer and Compiler
Chris Huber - On leave, Missouri
Site Ratings
1 = Poor 2 = Fair 3 = Good 4 = ExcellentThe Harlem Renaissance
http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/harlem.html
This "excellent resource offers a brief history of the Harlem Renaissance, online works of sixteen writers and a wonderful collection of paintings" by seven
artists. "Two short stories from Hurston are presented." Even very young students will enjoy the paintings displayed here. These rich primary sources are augmented by a handy link to the
"Perspectives in American Literature" site "which offers a list of primary sources, selected bibliographies, and study questions for many of the Harlem Renaissance writers."
Overall Rating: 4
S.C.O.R.E. Teacher CyberGuide: Their Eyes Were Watching God
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/eyes/eyetg.htm
"Most students will enjoy
doing these" five activities that "require them to use the Internet as well as the novel," Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston. They include mapping, writing a persuasive letter, keeping a reader's journal, creating a paper quilt and penning a persuasive essay. URLs for links are listed on the home page. Students have access to the same sites within the five activity sections via hypertext. However, some links were not productive. This excellent teacher resource provides specific goals and grading criteria and is aimed at 8th to 12th graders.
Overall Rating: 4City Honors Zora Neale Hurston Page
http://cityhonors.buffalo.k12.ny.us/city/reference/English/auth/hur.html
Hurston is addressed here in a handful of student essays on
Their Eyes Were Watching God, "not to be taken as authoritative works." This could be a source of ideas for essay topics. They are "well written (and) will provide insight into the
novel." A wealth of links to other good sites is a boon; note that some of the links provided have restricted access.
Overall Rating: 3
Conjured Into Being: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
http://splavc.spjc.cc.fl.us/hooks/Zora.html
"A detailed study of Hurston's
writing style, focusing on the elements of free indirect discourse, signifying, conjuring, and poetic images (and) an extensive list of works cited. This essay provides critical insight into the novel, Hurston,
and black writers in general." This site has no, and needs no, special effects. The language is engaging and the content just keeps on coming. It's "an excellent in-depth analysis".
Overall Rating: 3 |
