Easy, no-prep, print-and-go resource to review key movements in American Literature in secondary English Language Arts classes!

This is a no-prep resource to review the major time periods in American literary history. Use it as...

• A pre-assessment to check for background knowledge
• A quick assessment after teaching the movements
• A test prep activity
• Part of a sub plan
• And more!

Two options are available to support the needs of your class! Students will start in the top left corner and move through the maze, matching each definition with its term in order to move on. We recommend having students draw their lines with a highlighter, but a pencil works fine, too! There is no "end here" given to students in the original form of the maze. Instead, students must determine where the maze ends based on which square they are in when they run out of possible correct answers. This level of challenge makes the maze a bit more difficult and avoids "giving away" the final answer. However, we have included a version with an "end here" designation included, in case you would prefer that scaffolding for your students.

Time Periods included:

• Early & Indigenous (1490 - 1670)
• Puritanism (1670 - 1790)
• Enlightenment & Rationalism (1750 - 1800)
• Romanticism & Transcendentalism (1800 - 1860)
• Realism & Naturalism (1860 - 1914)
• Modernism (1914 - 1950)
• Harlem Renaissance (1920 - 1930)
• Beat Generation (1950 - 1965)
• Postmodernism (1950 - Present)
• Contemporary (1970 - Present)

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