Welcome to Class One: Circumstance and Documentary. Below you will find the materials for this class session in the suggested class progression. You can use these materials to lead or host a study-group or workshop. To download the materials, click the buttons and open the downloaded files.
This is a list of readings for Class One. This MOOC-Pack uses commentaries, readings, and discussion topics from Professors Folsom and Merrill's 36-week exploration of Whitman's writings on the IWP WhitmanWeb. Each class uses six of the 36 weeks of that project. Class One uses the content of weeks 1-6. When you click each of the buttons below, you will see two commentaries and a reading on the WhitmanWeb site.
You will also see a discussion question at the bottom of each page. You can use the comment form to post a comment if you would like to. You can also find all these discussion questions collected below under "Discuss Class One."
Click the buttons below to open the content on WhitmanWeb.
This is a collection of discussion questions based on the video, assignment, and readings of Class One. You can use these questions to lead a discussion of the class content. These discussion questions have been collected from the WhitmanWeb pages linked above under "Browse the Readings."