ThingsFallApart

**Content Page for the outside reader: Things Fall Apart**
__Characters in TFA__ - "spoiler alert!": This map is helpful, but it reveals plot action that happens later in the book. [|character_map.png]

__Study Guides__ -- __We will begin using the study guides in class discussion starting October 21. Have Section 1 read by then!__ //Directions: use the study guide to better understand the section you're reading. Each study guide is good preparation for the quizzes, which will be multiple choice, T/F, & short answer.//

Section 1: Chapters 1-4 [|TFAStudy_chap1_4.pdf] Answers: [|TFAStudy_chap1_4 answers.pdf] Section 2: Chapters 5-7 [|TFAStudy_chap5_7.pdf] Answers: [|TFAStudy_chap5_7_answers.pdf]
 * Quiz on Sections 1 & 2: November 4

Section 3: Chapters 8-10 [|TFAStudy_chap8_10.pdf] Answers:[|TFAStudy_chap8_10_answers.pdf] Section 4: Chapters 11-13 [|TFAStudy_chap11_13.pdf] Answers: [|TFAStudy_chap11_13answers.pdf]
 * Quiz on Sections 3 & 4: November 18

Section 5: Chapters 14-19 [|TFAStudy_chap14_19.pdf] Answers: [|TFAStudy_chap14_19 answers.pdf] Section 6: Chapters 20-25 [|TFAStudy_chap20_25.pdf] Answers: [|TFAStudy_chap20_25 answers.pdf]
 * Quiz on Sections 5 & 6: December 2

__Background Reading__

1. Nigeria //Directions: We will refer to this site periodically and will use various pages from it. For now, just become familiar with it.// [|Web site from Brown University students]

2. The author Chinua Achebe //Directions: Print and read these articles for in-class discussion.// [|about the author TFA.pdf] [|author biography TFA.pdf]

3. The Role of Women in //Things Fall Apart// //Directions: Print and read this article for in-class discussion.// [|Women_TFA_reading1.pdf]

4. Women in Pre-colonial Nigeria //Directions: Print and read this article for in-class discussion.// [|Women_TFA_reading2_precol.pdf]