Help help help help • Does The Red Badge of Courage have literary value that is important to share with high school
students? Why or why not?
• Should students read comparable texts to gain a better understanding of that time period?

they fear for their lives

“asleep in his bed” is personified.

in the 1890s, southern states enacted a new form of black codes, called “jim crow” laws. these laws made it illegal for blacks and whites to share public facilities. this meant that blacks and whites had to use separate schools, hospitals, libraries, restaurants, hotels, bathrooms, and drinking fountains.

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