Unit One GPS 3

LABLRL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods.

Basically, we need to be able to understand the history around a literary work. We need to be able to identify the history the story comes from, and more specifically the culture surrounding the story (or the culture of the person who wrote it and those around him/her).

Also, we need to be able to compare and contrast the story's history with current stories--or to compare it to now.

This can help us better understand the story and its meaning.