The Close Reading Corner

Engage your students in the 19th century with thiBring Pride and Prejudice and the Regency era to life with this interactive, group-based lesson! In this engaging activity, students will explore real and adapted 19th-century matrimonial advertisements, analyzing how they reflect the era’s social norms, class expectations, and gender roles. Students will then write their own modern marriage advertisements—either for themselves, a fictional character, or a character from Pride and Prejudice—usin