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Steve SheinkinThe Notorious Benedict Arnold
Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2010A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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- graphic novel version of Shakespeare’s classic play about military Rivalries and Macbeth’s Ambition and Treason
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Other Student Resources
“Benedict Arnold: The Revolutionary War in Four Minutes”
- 5-minute video on Arnold from the American Battlefield Trust
- Compare this video’s treatment of Arnold’s story and of Ambition and Rivalry with that in The Notorious Benedict Arnold.
“Was Benedict Arnold a Traitor or a Hapless Pawn?”
- 4-minute video about Arnold from the Smithsonian Channel
- explores Peggy Arnold’s role in the conspiracy
“Would You Have Joined the American Revolution?”
- 11-minute video from PBS Origins
- Encourage students to consider the cultural context for Arnold’s choices related to Class, Ambition, Rivalry, and Treason.
“5 Pop Culture Portrayals of Benedict Arnold”
- article hosted by the Museum of the American Revolution’s website
- lists and describes examples of representation of Arnold in American popular culture
Teacher Resources
“Why Benedict Arnold Turned Traitor Against the American Revolution” by Nathaniel Philbrick
- thoughtful and thorough article published by Smithsonian Magazine
- explores the political context of Arnold’s decisions
“9 Things You May Not Know About Benedict Arnold”
- interesting, little-known facts about Arnold published by the History Channel
- offers a more complex portrait of Arnold’s life and character
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