As I worked my way through the end of the 19th century unit, I made a discovery that I had never planned on making. I thought that I had already planned out the theme that I wanted to focus on for this unit, but as I finished up all of my texts, I found a new connecting thread between all of them. I discovered how women characters played an important role in all of my texts. I had already known that the Victorian Era was quite restrictive in terms of behavior, but the women in my texts were action stars and in charge of their own destiny. I had originally tried to focus on how stories were told and how that made them effective mediums for telling stories, but this important role of women was too important to forget about.
From this discovery, I have learned to not always expect what I initially think to be true. I think I will be better off trying to find a unifying theme for my unit after I have read a few of the texts that I chose so as not to jump the gun and make incomplete discoveries about the time period before I have finished my work. Next time I need to be a little more careful and be willing to change my ideas. But even if I don't, I might have a Eureka! moment like I did in this unit and find something I hadn't been looking for but found anyway.
Onward explorers!
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