Sleepy Hollow Powerpoint
Sleepy Hollow Powerpoint
Sleepy Hollow Powerpoint
Dutch
settlement
called
Tarrytown,
New York, in
the lonely,
secluded
Headless
valley
(glen)
Horseman
Bridge
of Sleepy
Hollow.
Old Dutch
Church and
Burying
Grounds
*published in 1820
At the time that he
wrote the story,
Irving was living in
Birmingham,
England, but he had
visited Tarrytown
and Sleepy Hollow
which are villages
that sit beside the
Hudson River in New Irving also wrote
Rip Van
York.
Winkle which is
There is even a stamp
a famous story
commemorating the story.
that takes place
however, is taken
from a
Revolutionary War
veteran, Samuel
Youngs.
Youngs, a resident
of Tarrytown,
became a teacher
after the war. It is
said that Youngs
was lean, lanky,
and superstitious,
just as the
protagonist in
Disneys depiction of
Ichabod Crane
Even though
he is no great
hero, Ichabod
is seen by
some as
feeling
Katrina Van
Tassel
*beautiful 18-yearold girl
*Brom Bones and
Ichabod love her.
*the daughter &
sole heir of a
wealthy farmer
(Prior to Ichabods
arrival in town,
Katrina had been
Katrina was
played by
Christina Ricci
in the 1999
version of the
of letters. (This
meant he had an
advanced
education.) He
was a school
teacher.
Remember that
education in this
time was a
luxury; therefore,
anyone
having an
advanced
education was
This helps
develop the plot
through
introducing a
new conflict. The
men of the town
A large
Impact of the Story
statue
depicting
the headless
horseman
was placed
along Route
9 in Sleepy
Hollow/Tarry
town, New
York, in
2006.
of Sleepy Hollow.
(TSWBAT identify the
setting, mood, conflict,
climax, & resolution AND
analyze a characters
motives.)
Ichabod leaves a
party at the Van
Tassels home. He is
upset because he has
just discovered that
Katrina danced with
him in an effort to
make Brom Bones
jealous.
As he rides home, he
is suddenly pursued
by what is
supposedly the ghost
of a Hessian trooper