Great American Short Stories - Activity Pack

Do students in your class think the study of literature is dull? Show them how enjoyable studying literature can be with Prestwick House Activity Packs.

This reproducible packet for Great American Short Stories contains dozens of activities that will help students think about literature in novel ways while learning about literary elements such as theme, symbolism, characterization, allusion, and more. They’re the perfect way to engage with students—even students who think they don’t like literature.

Below are the titles of all 19 short stories included within the paperback:

• Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown"
• Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart"
• Herman Melville, "Bartleby"
• Bret Harte, "The Luck of Roaring Camp"
• Stephen Crane, "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"
• Mark Twain, "The Private History of a Campaign that Failed"
• Sarah Orne Jewett, "A White Heron"
• Charles Waddell Chesnutt, "The Goophered Grapevine"
• Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, "A New England Nun"
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"
• Henry James, "The Real Thing"
• Kate Chopin, "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
• Jack London, "To Build a Fire"
• Ambrose Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
• Theodore Dreiser, "The Lost Phoebe"
• Willa Cather, "Paul's Case"
• F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
• Sherwood Anderson, "The Egg"
• Ernest Hemingway, "The Killers"

This product is the reproducible version only.