PBS
Pbs Teachers: Papa Interviews
Through this lesson, students can examine the life and interests of Ernest Hemingway. They will research, write and perform a mock interview between Hemingway and a TV news anchor. Although this lesson was created to be used with the PBS...
PBS
Pbs: Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
"Join Michael Palin as he takes you on a journey to recapture the world of Ernest Hemingway." Contains a biography of Hemingway including a number of pictures of him and the various places he traveled throughout his life. In addition to...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: When Less Is More Understanding Minimalist Fiction
Contains plans for five lessons that use Ernest Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain" and Raymond Carver's "Little Things" to teach about minimalist fiction. After studying these texts, students try to write their own minimalist fiction. In...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: Ernest Hemingway
Drawing on the monstrosities of World War I, Ernest Hemingway presents male characters persevering through many difficult circumstances in his works, as highlighted in this biography. See "Ernest Hemingway Activities" for more resources.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits
This unit delves into American modernist literature which introduced itself between World War I and World War II, including authors Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Explore the site for a video on demand,...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Modernism: In Another Country
This lesson focuses on Ernest Hemingway and his short story "In Another Country." It includes a links to a Discovery Education video about Ernest Hemingway and the text of the short story. It also provides reading questions for the story.
OpenStax
Open Stax: The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation 1919 1929: A New Generation
Looks at the new morality that emerged in the 1920s. It changed the role of women and the perception of African Americans, the latter facilitated by the Harlem Renaissance and its impact on the music and dance of the Jazz Age. Also...
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: A Farewell to Arms
Guide to Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Ernest Hemingway Biographical
Read about Ernest Hemmingway (1899-1961 CE), the author of such works as "The Sun Also Rises" and "The Old Man and the Sea," who was awarded with the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. This website includes a biography, resources for...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure: Hip on Hemingway
This resource for teachers has students create an official "Hip on Hemingway Club." To become a member, students will learn about Hemingway and then they will create a biography of Ernest Hemingway patterned after an alphabet book.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hemingway: The Man Versus the Image
Learn about Ernest Hemingway's public persona and how it differed from the actual life of the writer in these videos from the American Masters film Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea. Using video, text, and text-dependent discussion...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Virtual Professional Learning Series
Our Virtual Professional Learning Series is created for teachers-by teachers-to bring together content experts and educators from all backgrounds. With an emphasis on fun, engaging, accessible, and free tools for classrooms, these...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Three Shots: Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams
In this lesson plan, students will consider Three Shots: Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. In this lesson, students study issues related to independence and...
Princeton University
Princeton University Library: Ernest Hemingway
This is a wonderful photo exhibit of Hemingway's life. Includes pictures of his wives, mistresses, and friends, as well as shots of him hunting and fishing.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Freedom of Information: Ernest Hemingway
The whole FBI file on Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961 CE) as it was collected during Hemingway's lifetime, is available at this site.
PBS
Michael Palin's Heminigway Adventure: Red Cross
Read this article about one of the more famous Red Cross ambulance drivers in World War I, Ernest Hemingway. Of course, he was not famous at the time, but he used his experiences for his book, A Farewell to Arms.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Style Choices of Hemingway and Hawthorne
Lesson plan which helps students understand the impact of the literary element of style on a piece of writing. Students read and analyze the works of Ernest Hemingway and Nathaniel Hawthorne. L.11-12.3 Language Functions/Style,...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Ernest Hemingway Lesson Plans
Explore the life and work of Ernest Hemingway through this informative site. This site provides links to lesson plans, activities and more for some of his works.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time
Exhibit on Ernest Hemingway includes images and detailed information on his early years, relationships with other authors, the Paris years, middle and later years, and his writings.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Books and Movies
A look at the literature and movies written and produced in the Jazz Age. See how the writers of the age reflected the consumer society and the emptiness of middle class. Movies appealed to mass culture and millions went to the movies...
Library of Congress
Loc: Today in History: July 21: First Battle of Bull Run & Ernest Hemingway
Library of Congress presents historical material for the date July 21. Primary source documents including photos, letters, diaries and historical text. Looks at the First Battle of Bull Run and the author Ernest Hemingway.
Library of Congress
Loc: Today in History: July 17: The Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was a precursor of the tumult of World War II. Read a brief description of those involved in this civil war and see posters supporting each side.
Other
Voice of America: American History: 1920s Were a Big Time for the Arts
Voice of America offers an article about the arts in the Jazz Age including information about authors who wrote to protest what they saw happening in society. Read this article or listen to the narration of it.
Other
David v. Gagne: The Hemingway Blog, "A Farewell to Arms"
This short essay by David V. Gagne discusses his adoration for the novel, "A Farewell to Arms." He discusses the themes and relationships of the novel. Includes links to other essays by Gagne on other Hemingway novels.