Oral Reports & Topics

Each of you will give a 6-8 minute report on one of the following topics once during the term.
Pick any one of these that hasn't already been claimed, and let me know by e-mail as soon as possible. I'll be happy to meet with you individually to help you plan your research and/or presentation.
  Charlotte Temple
     DATE: WED 22 JANUARY
            1. 19th century editions of the novel   TERRY DONOHUE
            2. Rowson's sequel, Lucy Temple

The Last of the Mohicans
    DATE: WED 29 JANUARY
            1. U.S.-Native American history in the 1820s   KRISTA PETERS
            2. Illustrations in different editions
    DATE: MON 3 FEBRUARY
            3. Movie Versions, Silent to Sound Eras   EVE COCKRILL

Uncle Tom's Cabin
    DATE: WED 5 FEBRUARY
            1. Blackface Minstrelsy in the 1840s   AISHA DHARAMSI
            2. Abolitionism in the 1840s   CHIP KNIGHTON
    DATE: MON 10 FEBRUARY
            3. Illustrations
            4. Songs
            5. Children's Books   CARLA INSLEY
    DATE: WED 12 FEBRUARY
            6. Dramatizations
            7. Movies   KRISTEN BUERGERT
            8. UTC on the Web

The Hidden Hand
    DATE: MON 17 FEBRUARY
            1. The New York Ledger & story papers in the 19th c.   SEAN THOMASON
    DATE: WED 19 FEBRUARY
            2. Dramatization

The Leavenworth Case
    DATE: MON 10 MARCH
            1. Detective fiction in the 19th c.   KERRY McNABB

Ben-Hur
    DATE:
            1. Men's & Boy's clubs
            2. Dramatization
    DATE: MON 24 MARCH
            3. Special Editions
            4. Movie versions   JOSH BRADLEY
            5. On the web

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    DATE: WED 26 MARCH
            1. Adventures of Tom Sawyer
            2. Children's books in the 1860s-1880s   PAM GALLOWAY
    DATE: MON 31 MARCH
            3. Illustrations
            4. "Huck and Tom Among the Indians"   KATIE PELTIER
    DATE: WED 2 APRIL
            5. As banned book   GREG DOLINSKY
            6. Movie versions   SERGIO ROMANO

The Virginian
    DATE: MON 7 APRIL
            1. IllustrationsMATT LEIGHTY
    DATE: WED 9 APRIL
            2. Dramatization
            3. Movies   KATIE FLOOD

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
    DATE: WED 16 APRIL
            1. Louisville tourist site
            2. Movie
            3. Mrs. Wiggs on the webb   JESSICA KIM

Gone With the Wind
    DATE: MON 21 APRIL
            1. Tara/plantations as tourist sites   SIDNEY HEYWARD
    DATE: WED 23 APRIL
            2. Movie   LAUREN MacIVOR
            3. Windies on the web