Romanticism: The French Revolution: Context

Key Stage 3 French Revolution Context for Year 9 English literature study of six Romantic Poets.

Designed as part of a workbook for Year 9 students, that in addition features six poems, one each from Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, and Keats, short biographies of each poet, and context pieces on the Industrial Revolution and Romanticism: A History of Ideas.

All context pieces are original texts, as are the poet biographies. From these pieces, class presentations are created, focusing on key elements of Romantic Poetry and the Romantic Movement.

Text includes a Glossary of words likely to present meaning issues to the overall understanding of the text.

Together, they contribute to a seven-week SOW aimed to:

Introduce students to the concepts and ideas of the Romantic Movement, demonstrate how historical events influenced this creative expression, and explore how this is shown in English literature through the work of six key Romantic poets.