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The Short Story
Literary appreciation of varied writers

Grade Levels:: 7-12
Length:: 15 minutes
Taping Rights:: Unlimited
MARC Record:: Downloadable
Teaching Materials:: See Below

Dramatized by professional actors and supported by striking costumes and vivid sets, The Short Story introduces junior/senior high school students to the best American writers and compares their works with those of the best writers from other countries. Various themes of humor, suspense, allegory, romance, reality, and morality portray points of view born of the periods in which the stories were written.

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2007/08 Block Feeds on KET ED

Block Feed: Programs 101-116 Program Details: 4 hours; Thursday, August 9 at 2:00 am on KETED; Tuesday, August 14 at 2:00 am on KETED; Thursday, August 16 at 2:00 am on KETED; Tuesday, January 1 at 6:00 am on KETED

Episodes Included in These Block Feeds

101. The Yellow Wallpaper: Story by Charlotte Gilman. 15 minutes.
102. The Lull: Story by Saki.
103. Dave's Necklace: Story by Charles W. Chesnutt.
104. The Village Singer: Story by Mary Wilkins Freeman.
105. The Birthmark: Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
106. The Tell-Tale Heart: Story by Edgar Allan Poe.
107. Mrs. Ripley's Trip: Story by Hamlin Garland.
108. The Real Thing: Story by by Henry James. 15 minutes.
109. The Boarded Window: Story by Ambrose Bierce.
110. The Dilettante: Story by Edith Wharton.
111. Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen: Story by O. Henry. 15 minutes.
112. The Bet: Story by Anton Chekhov.
113. The Two Little Soldiers: Story by Guy de Maupassant.
114. Diary of Adam and Eve: Story by Mark Twain.
115. Tennessee's Partner: Story by Bret Harte. 15 minutes.
116. The Queen of Spades: Story by Alexander Pushkin.

Teaching Materials

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Kentucky Academic Expectations

This program relates to the following Kentucky Academic Expectations.

1.2	Reading
1.3	Observing
1.4	Listening
2.24	Aesthetics

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