If you cover Romanticism in your English literature class, you should include Shelley in your discussions, and "Ozymandias" is a great place to start. Think through this short but powerful poem with us as we continue our examination of the Romantic movement.

As a busy teacher, we don't always put in the time to learn about authors and movements in the way that we should. A movement like British Romanticism is vast in its reach and complex in its identity. Nevertheless, reading its defining texts gives us and our students the opportunity to learn Romanticism in the most authentic way. In this episode, we explore Romanticism by taking a close look at Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Frost at Midnight." The work is essential reading in Romanticism and better than any Wikipedia page for defining the movement. #teachertalkwithpaulandjay #english #englishteacher #classics #classicalliterature #pedagogy #highschoolenglish #literature #theodyssey #odysseus #howtoread #howto #reading #readinghelp #summary #summaries #shorts #shortvideo #greekmythology #mythology #EdChat #Humanities #TeacherLife #HighSchoolTeacher #EduTwitter

If you teach British Romanticism to your high school students, you should work William Wordsworth's Preface to the Lyrical Ballads into your prep. Jay and Paul dig through the Preface and talk about its importance to teaching the Romantic Movement. Jay opens with a pitch perfect poem, Seamus Heaney's "Digging", a Wordsworthian poem if there ever was one. #EdChat, #Humanities, #TeacherLife, #HighSchoolTeacher, #edutwitter #teachertalkwithpaulandjay #english #englishteacher #classics #classicalliterature #pedagogy #highschoolenglish #literature