This book has 3 sections (called The First Year, The Second Year, and The Third Year): each time a new section starts chapters are renumbered to start at 1 again (for example, The First Year is numbered from Chapters 1-17, then The Second Year is numbered from Chapters 1-13, and lastly, The Third Year is numbered from Chapters 1-14). The whole book totals 44 chapters (17 from section one, 13 from section two, and 14 from section three).

We will be looking at the Anne of Green Gable series from a critical viewpoint since this series does include racism, racial slurs, stereotypes, cultural inaccuracies, harmful and inaccurate descriptions of Natives, stereotypical/racist imagery, and biased perspective which is not being promoted in this course. 
You do not have to have taken the first Anne class to take this class.

Week 1. Lucy Montgomery: her life and other books she wrote. What can we learn about this author? We will start reading Chapter 1.  We will also discuss how the Anne of Green Gable series includes racism as well as other stereotypes and how we'll be viewing the book from a critical perspective each week.
Homework: Read Chapters 1-5 from The First Year section.

Week 2: We will discuss Chapters 1-5 from The First Year.
Homework: Read Chapters 6-10 from The First Year section.

Week 3: We will discuss Chapters 6-10 from The First Year.
Homework: Read Chapters 11-15 from The First Year section.

Week 4: We will discuss Chapters 11-15 from The First Year.
Homework: Read Chapters 16-17 from The First Year section (This will finish section 1: The First Year) and Chapters 1-3 from The Second Year section.

Week 5: We will discuss Chapters 16-17 from The First Year and Chapters 1-3 from The Second Year.
Homework: Read Chapters 4-8 from The Second Year section.

Week 6: We will discuss Chapters 4-8 from The Second Year.
Homework: Read Chapters 9-13 from The Second Year section. (This will finish section 2: The Second Year).

Week 7: We will discuss Chapters 9-13 from The Second Year.
Homework: Read Chapters 1-5 from The Third Year section.

Week 8: We will discuss Chapters 1-5 from The Third Year.
Homework: Read Chapters 6-10 from The Third Year section.

Week 9: We will discuss Chapters 6-10 from The Third Year.
Homework: Read Chapters 11-14 from The Third Year section. This will finish the book.

Week 10: We will discuss Chapters 11-14 from The Third Year. We will discuss what we have learned about Anne and how her character has developed and changed. Would you recommend the book?

In the class, we will reflect each week on how the Anne series is developing and changing and how L. M. Montgomery continues to develop this classic story. We will discuss if a classic like this can change our lives and how.

Classes are subject to change.

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If racism or discrimination is brought up in class due to the book, I will address this by stating that racism or discrimination is not right because everyone has something to learn from each other, and we all have some amazing qualities about each other. Per all my classes, when a topic is brought up, I listen and address the student's concerns in a nonbiased manner, allowing each student to have an individual voice and to be heard. In this book, we see how students work past indigenous racism and become friends or work through it. We should all work together as a team: it doesn't matter your race or color; what matters is that we are learning together and learning from each other to grow the world in a better way.