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=Literature Alive! in Second Life **2006-Present**=

=**Stocking Stuffer Hunt**=

=Good Reads: Literary Classics Hunt=

The goals of Literature Alive! are to help faculty create ethical and immersive learning environments that provide "added value" to students in composition, professional writing, and literature courses: to help students use the resources of a 3D world to add to the depth and breadth of understanding literature; to foster a community of open access educators dedicated to the sharing of teaching content; and, finally, to promote a lifelong love of learning through a lifelong passion for reading.
 * Goals:**

=2015 Schedule=

Literature Alive! in Second Life was born in December 2006 as a voluntary effort and continues to exist on a voluntary basis. By working collaboratively with others, modeling virtual citizenship, and securing land grant and linden sponsors, Literature Alive! has produced over 67 literary projects in Second Life. Literature Alive! was proud to be one of Linden Lab SL Views (7) guests advocating for the needs of the higher education community.
 * History:**

Literature Alive! is built on the idea that information is worth sharing. All of the LA! builds were created to be shared, and have been distributed as full perm items to over 150 schools on the main grid and the former teen grid at no cost.
 * Open Access Education:**

When Philip Linden left LL as CEO the first time, support for educational projects decreased. Educational discounting ceased, and universities and colleges could no longer afford to sustain virtual land. Since LA! survived entirely on land grant donations, many of the builds had to be packed up as college and universities left the grid. The discontinuation of the Teen Grid also impacted the use of the LA! builds. Finally, Desi Stockton moved into an administrative role in her professional career and no longer taught literature courses on a regular basis. The need for new classrooms decreased. Desi recently returned to SL after a two year hiatus and has been exploring the social side of SL.
 * Literature Alive! Today**

In June 2015, Literature Alive! returned to the grid to build the House of Usher for the 2015 SL Community Birthday Celebration. After the close of the Birthday sims, Usher will be moved to Hong Kong University Island.

Desi and her partner, Royce Sommer, refinished a reboot of the Canterbury Tales which was selected as an editor's pick on SL Destinations and as the log on screen for Singularity. 􀀂 Beowulf, King Arthur's Camelot, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Lady of Shallot are open at Hong Kong University Island 􀀃 The Literature of Westward Expansion and Wild West Literature will be focused in the upcoming Bodie, CA ghost town build.

Other current builds include Dracula, Frankenstein, The Monk, Jane Austen, The British Romantics, The Enlightenment Period, Shakespeare, the Letters of Elizabeth I, Fairy Tales, Harry Potter, and British Ghost Stories. If you are interested in volunteering, please IM me in world or email BethRitterGuth@gmail.com

Desideria Stockton, Founder & Educational Designer, 2006-Present Daliah Carter, Executive Assistant, 2007-Present Eloise Pasteur, Principal Builder & Scripter, 2006-2010 Royce Sommer, Principal Builder & Scripter, 2015-Present
 * Literature Alive! Team:**

Literature Alive! exists because of the generosity of the community. It was important to not tie LA! to any particular college or University so that builds could be shared freely. In this way, the literature builds become all of our community property.
 * Sponsorships:**

None of the staff of Literature Alive! Staff are compensated in any way for their work in LA! There are three types of sponsors:

Land Grant Sponsors that provide land parcels for builds, Texture Sponsors that provide Linden for texture uploads, and Props Sponsors that provide Linden or for the purchasing of build props or provide in-kind items that can be used in builds.

All sponsors choose the builds they want to support, and receive a full perm copy of the build (for items that are transferable). A Notecard receipt is also available to detail how Linden donations were spent.

Current Literature Alive! Sponsors:


 * Finn Zeddmore (The Canterbury Tales Virtual Pilgrimage) (Land Grant)**
 * Mrk.Kas, Hong Kong University, (multiple Land Grants)**
 * Lorin Tone, 􀀄, (In-Kind Audio Grants)**

Past Literature Alive! Sponsors:


 * ACHUB (Audio Zenith/Chris Hambly) - (Land Grant)**
 * Alliance Library - (Land Grant)**
 * British Education Network - (Land Grant)**
 * Calendon Library - (Props)**
 * Cattle Puppy Productions - (Land Grant)**
 * DeSales University - (Land Grant)**
 * Drexel University (Jean-Claude Bradley/Horace Moody) - (Land Grant)**
 * Edu Island II (Fleet Goldberg) - (Land Grant)**
 * Education UK Land Grant Program - (Land Grant)**
 * Eloise Pasteur Educational Designs - (Props) (Design Services)**
 * Finger Lakes Community College - (Land Grant)**
 * Hyperstring.net - (Land Grant)**
 * Lehigh Carbon Community College - (Land Grant)**
 * Linden Lab - (Land Grant)**
 * Liz Ferenghetti Landscaping - (Props) (Land Grant)**
 * Montclair State University - (Land Grant)**
 * North Georgia CSU - (Land Grant)**
 * Phillip Linden - (Land Grant)**
 * Phoenix Educational Designs (Neoznet Watts) - (Props) (Design Services)**
 * Renaissance Island - (Land Grant)**
 * SLCN.tv - (Land Grant)**
 * The V3 Group (Liam Kanno) - (Texture) (Props)**
 * VIT World Group - (Land Grant)**

Specific Works & Sponsors 2015-Present

The House of Usher
 * Sponsors: Self Supported; Second Life Birthday 12; Hong Kong University**
 * Author: Edgar Allan Poe**
 * Texts: Annabel Lee, The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Rise & Fall of the House of Usher, The Black Cat, & The Cask of Amontillado**

The Canterbury Tales Virtual Pilgrimage
 * Sponsor: Finn Zeddmore**
 * Author: Geoffrey Chaucer**
 * Text: The Canterbury Tales**
 * SLURL: 􀀁http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Jeogori/58/133/106**


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__Specific Works & Sponsors 2006-2013__

__The Camelot Classroom__ __**Sponsors: British Education Network, Education UK Land Grant Program & ACHUB**__ __**Authors: Tennyson, Blake, Keats, Byron, Coleridge, Wordsworth, P. Bysshe Shelley, M. Shelley, & Mary Wolstonecraft**__

__The British Literature Classroom__ __**Sponsors: British Education Network, Education UK Land Grant Program & Calendon Library**__ __**Mini-Builds:**__ __**--The Lady of Shallott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson,**__ __**--The works of William Blake, Keats, Byron, Coleridge, Wordsworth, P. Bysshe Shelley, M. Shelley, & Mary Wolstonecraft**__ __**--Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (on loan from Caledon Library)**__

__The Elizabethan Classroom @ Renaissance Island__ __**Sponsors: Literature Alive! & Renaissance Island**__ __**Authors: William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlow, & Edmund Spenser**__ __**Texts & Themes:**__ __**--The Letters of HRH Elizabeth I**__ __**--The Shakespeare Controversy**__ __**--Voices from the Scripts: The Desdemona Project**__ __**--The Sonnet**__ __**--London: City of Cities Exhibit (on loan from Calendon Library)**__ Herot Hall & Grendel's Lair __The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Seaside Classroom__ __**Sponsors: Literature Alive!**__ __**Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge**__ The Gothic Literature Classroom The Archetypal Cavern __The Women & War Classroom__ __**Sponsors: Lehigh Carbon Community College, Drexel University & Dr. Jean-Claude Bradley**__ __**Themes: Propaganda & Comfort Women**__
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 * Sponsors: Literature Alive! & Eloise Pasteur Educational Designs**
 * Text: Beowulf**
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 * Sponsors: Literature Alive! & EduIsland II**
 * Texts: Frankenstein by M. Shelley, Dracula by B. Stoker, Nosferatu (1922 film), The Monk by M. Lewis, The Mysteries of Udolpho by A. Radcliff, The Castle of Ontranto by Horace Walpole & La Belle Dame sans Merci by J. Keats & Gothic Literature Vocabulary Quest**
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 * Sponsors: Literature Alive:**
 * Themes: The Hero's Journey, Archetypal Patterns, Literary Theory, & Female Archetypes**
 * Theories: Carl Jung**
 * Texts: Varied**
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The Kate Chopin Classroom
 * Sponsors: North Georgia SCU & Eloise Pasteur Educational Designs**
 * Texts: The Story of an Hour, The Awakening, & A Respectable Woman**

__The Edgar Allan Poe Classroom__ __**Sponsor: Montclair State University**__ __**Texts: The Fall of the House of Usher, Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Raven, The Black Cat, The Purloined Letter, The Pit & The Pendulum, & Annabel Lee**__

Mama Day Classroom
 * Sponsor: Montclair State University**
 * Academic Partner: Dr. Laura Nicosia**
 * Text: Mama Day by Gloria Naylor**

__The Women of Brewster Place Classroom__ __**Sponsor: Literature Alive!**__ __**Text: The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor**__

__The Men of Brewster Place Classroom__ __**Sponsor: Literature Alive!**__ __**Text: The Men of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor**__

Bailey's Cafe Classroom
 * Sponsor: Literature Alive!**
 * Text: Bailey's Cafe by Gloria Naylor**

__Linden Hills & Dante's Inferno Classroom__ __**Sponsor: Linden Lab & New Media Consortium**__ __**Academic Partner: Dr. Laura Nicosia**__ __**Texts: Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor & The Inferno by Dante Alighieri**__

The American Literature Classroom The Nathaniel Hawthorne Classroom
 * Sponsor: Montclair State University**
 * Mini Builds:**
 * --Young Goodman Brown - Nathaniel Hawthorne**
 * --American Literature Match Up Game**
 * --The Rave - Edgar Allan Poe**
 * --Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin**
 * --Puritan Voices and Native American Interactive**
 * --Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut**
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 * Sponsor: Lehigh Carbon Community College & DeSales University**
 * Texts: Young Goodman Brown, The Scarlet Letter, Blithedale Romance, The Minister's Black Veil, & The Birthmark**

Spoon River Anthology Classroom The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
 * Sponsor: Finger Lakes Community College**
 * Text: Spoon River Anthology - Edgar Lee Masters**
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 * Sponsor: British Education Network**
 * Theme: Interactive Pilgrimage**

__The Feral Cat Project - Scientific Writing/Technical Writing__ __**Sponsor: Lehigh Carbon Community College**__ __**Theme: Grant writing & research**__ __The DeSales Contemporary Fiction Classroom__ __**Sponsor: Finger Lakes Community College, Larry Dugan/Marcuis Downing (SL)**__ __**Texts: Student Selected**__ The Collaboration Station (Composition Classroom)
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 * Sponsor: SLCN.tv & Cattle Puppy Productions**
 * Themes:**
 * --The Treasure Chest Web 2.0 Classroom**
 * --Assessment Central**
 * --The Blog Station**

__Maya Angelou Classroom__ __**Sponsor: NMC**__ __**Text: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings**__
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 * The Literary Holodeck Project**
 * Sponsor: Lehigh Carbon Community College**
 * Texts:**
 * --The Lottery - Shirley Jackson**
 * --Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut**
 * --Night - Elie Wiesel**
 * --Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Ambrose Bierce**
 * --Paul's Case - Willa Cather**
 * --The Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin**
 * --A Rose for Emily - William Faulkner**
 * --The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman**
 * --Hills Like White Elephants - Ernest Hemingway**
 * --The Real Thing - Henry James**
 * --A White Heron - Sarah Orne Jewett**
 * --Bartelby the Scrivener - Herman Melville**
 * --A Good Man is Hard to Find - Flannery O'Connor**

Additional Projects: The Willow Springs Project **- This virtual island included all of the items you would expect to see from Mama Day's island home. Hosted at CHSS Montclair.**
 * Designers: Laura Nicosia, Beth Ritter-Guth, Eloise Pasteur, AJ Kelton**

Bailey's Cafe and Brewster Place **- These immersive classrooms included many of the items you might expect to see in the Gloria Naylor novels Bailey's Cafe, The Women of Brewster Place, and The Men of Brewster Place.**
 * Hosted by Butch Day at the VIT World Group.**
 * Designers: Beth Ritter-Guth, Eloise Pasteur**

Linden Hills and Dante's Inferno **- These side-by-side builds demonstrated the similar structure of Linden Hills to Dante's Inferno.**
 * Designers: Beth Ritter-Guth, Eloise Pasteur**

The Women and War Learning Community Classroom at Drexel Island
 * Sponsor: Drexel University and Jean-Claude Bradley**
 * Designers: Desideria Stockton, Neoznet Watts, Eloise Pasteur**

World War II History Submarine Classroom
 * Sponsor: Drexel University and Jean-Claude Bradley**
 * Designers: Neoznet Watts, Desideria Stockton, Foe Hammerer**

Women's Studies Classroom Suite** Sponsor: Drexel University and Jean-Claude Bradley Designers: Neoznet Watts, Eloise Pasteur, Desideria Stockton, Foe Hammerer