|
Activities: Author Activities
Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Teaching Tips
 Back to Charlotte Perkins Gilman Activities
- Have students debate about whether or not the narrator emerges "victorious" in "The Yellow Wall-paper." This question highlights different assumptions about the value of material and psychic freedom.
- Emphasize the many ways in which John's treatment of the narrator in "The Yellow Wall-paper" is based on patriarchal assumptions about women--especially considering that postpartum depression is now recognized as a legitimate (and common) ailment. What are the signs of postpartum depression? How does knowledge of this condition help us understand the story?
|
|
This tool builds multimedia presentations for classrooms or assignments. 
An online collection of 3000 artifacts for classroom use.
 Download the Instructor Guide PDF for this Unit.
|
|
