Emily Dickinson
Influences
Gilded Age Context
Amanda Gorman
Contemporary Context
100

How many poems did Emily Dickinson write?

What is about 1800 poems?

100

What religion was Emily Dickinson raised in?

What is Evangelical Calvinism?

100

What was the Gilded Age?

What is a period of time in American history characterized by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and unprecedented wealth inequality?

100

Who is Amanda Gorman?

What is an America Poet?
100

What are some problems in the American contemporary era?

What is racism, economic inequality, political corruption, political division, mass protests, global warming, and school shootings?
200

Where was Emily Dickinson born?

What is Amhearst, Massachusetts?

200

What later movements influenced Emily Dickinson?

What is Transcendentalism and Liberal Protestant Orthodoxy?

200

What were the three economic classes in the Gilded Age?

What is lower class (majority of citizens), working class, and upper class (small percent of citizens)?

200

Where did Amanda Gorman attend University?

What is Harvard University?

200

What was the name of the virus that caused a worldwide pandemic during the year 2020?

What is coronavirus / Covid-19?

300

What was a big theme of Emily Dickinson's early poems?

What is an obsession with heaven and human intimacy?

300

What book of essays inspired Emily Dickinson's early poems?

"Reveries of a Bachelor: Or a Book of the Heart" by IK. Marvel

300

What were different groups in the Gilded Age besides economic classes?

What is immigrants, freedmen, and robber barons?

300

What topics do Amanda's poetry mainly address?

What is Black identity, racism, marginalization, political corruption, human nature, and climate change (any of these work) ?

300

What was the name of the mass protests in 2020 that sparked with the murder of George Floyd?

What is Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests?

400

When did Emily Dickinson first start to go into reclusion?

What is her early 20's?

400

What female writer played a formative role for Emily Dickinson and validated her ideas of female greatness?

What is Elizabeth Barret Browing?
400

What were different developments during the Gilded Age?

What is ethnic enclaves, tenement housing, political corruption, social disparity/economic inequality, economic boom (railroad monopolies), urbanization, industrialization, and immigration? (Any of these answers count)

400

What was the breakthrough of Amanda Gorman's career as a poet?

What is when she delivered a poem at the 2021 inauguration of Joe Biden, rallying listeners to set aside their differences and unite?

400

What was the event that was the result of Joe Biden winning the 2020 election?

What is the insurrection on the capitol by supporters of the Republican candidate Donald Trump?

500

What were the main themes of Emily Dickinson's later poems after she had become a recluded poet?

What is human nature/desire, social norms, internal dissolution, rejection, abandonment, and loneliness (any of these work) ?
500

What 19th century major American conflict was reflected through a multitude of Dickinson's poems?

What is the Civil War?

500

What were some reactions to immigration in the Gilded Age?

What is restrictive laws against immigration (Chinese Exclusion Act, cultural prejudice, social darwinism, settlement houses, and nativist backlash? (Any of these answers count)

500

What is the name of Amanda Gorman's book?

What is the Hill We Climb?

500

What was the social media platform that developed worldwide usage and engagement?

What is Tik Tok?