Blog 2 for 9/24

In British Literature II right now, we're reading things from the Romantic period- my favorite period of literature.  What are some assignments my students I could give my students that would engage them in the time period?  John Keats produced an astronomical amount of work for a poet, but more amazingly he did it all before he died at age 25.  Students could use tagxedo/wordle to create 'word collages' from John Keats' poems (I tried to make one as an example, with Ode on a Grecian Urn, but I don't have something I need to do so installed on my laptop.)  The industrial revolution in England had a tremendous impact on society and literature- maybe they could use a program like Photoshop (or a website like faceinhole.com) to put their picture into an image of a profession of the lower class during that time (i.e. chimney sweep, mine worker, matchstick girl, etc.) and then write a first person narrative of their experiences, which would also require research on that profession.  They could submit a hard copy of this essay and maybe for extra credit, create a video of this essay to present to the class.