Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Christopher Marlowe
This lesson focuses on Christoper Marlowe and his works including his famous sonnet "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love." This poem and "A Nymph's Reply" are provided in both text from audio forms. Links to Marlowe's biography and a...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Sonnets
This lesson focuses on the sonnet including the definition, the history, the types of, and meters. It features the three types of sonnets: Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet, English/Shakespearean Sonnet, and Spenserian Sonnet. It describes the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: English Pertrarchan Sonnets
This lesson focuses on English Pertrarchan sonnets which were translated into English by Sir Thomas Wyatt who then created his own poetry in the Pertrarchan form. It features Wyatt's poems "They Flee from Me" (in text and audio) and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Edmund Spenser: Sonnets
This lesson focuses on Edmund Spenser and his sonnets. It features two of his sonnets: Sonnet 30 and Sonnet 75, known as the Fire and Ice poems and a worksheet for them. It also offers links to Spenser's biography, Amoretti and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Shakespeare: Sonnets
This lesson focuses on Shakespeare's sonnets; it features three sonnets: Sonnet 29, 116, and 130 and provides links to a modern paraphrase/analysis of each. It also offers an audio of Alan Rickman reading Sonnet 130. Students are to...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: John Donne
This lesson focuses on John Donne and his sonnets. It features three of his sonnets: Holy Sonnet VII: "At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners," Holy Sonnet X: "Death, Be Not Proud," and "The Bait," which is a reply to Christopher...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Carpe Diem Poetry
This lesson focuses on the Carpe Diem ("Seize the day") poets Andrew Marvell and Robert Herrick. It features links to biographies of each of these poets, the poem "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell and the poem "To the Virgins, to...
University of Pennsylvania
English Renaissance in Context: "Merchant of Venice"
Fantastic, multimedia introduction to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. Rich graphics make the intellectual material more accessable. Sections discuss the anti-semitism and perception of usury during Shakespeare's time, as well as the...
University of Pennsylvania
English Renaissance in Context: King Lear
Multimedia resource that examines the historical sources Shakespeare used when writing King Lear. Using primary source material, excerpts from the play are compared to its source documents. Questions are scattered among the material to...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Englishmen and the Classical Renaissance: John Colet
Detailed biography of John Colet, a famous scholar during the Reformation whose ideas influenced the movements of his day.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:american Literature: The Harlem Renaissance: Langston Hughes
This lesson focuses on Langston Hughes and two of him poems: "Theme for English B" and "I, Too." It provides links to the two poems including an audio version of "I, Too" and a handout worksheet for "Theme for English B." It asks student...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit and Comp: The Harlem Renaissance: Commas
This lesson focuses on comma usage including rules and examples. It features links to rules, an exercise, and a quiz for comma usage, and a self-assessment quiz.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:american Lit and Comp: The Harlem Renaissance: Sat Practice
This lesson focuses on the practice for the SAT test. I offers links to a full practice test, SAT vocabulary word lists, and the College Board website.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Sir Philip Sidney: Sonnets
This lesson focuses on Sir Philip Sidney, his techniques, and his sonnets. It features "Sonnet 39" from his sequence "Astrophil and Stella" and an accompanying worksheet and Sidney's biography.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Renaissance Philosophy
Can you define the "Renaissance?" Check out this informative website to learn more. From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a definition and background of the Renaissance from its beginnings in the 14th and 15th centuries.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: The Italian Renaissance (1420 1600)
This brief ibiblio.org article provides an overview of the key painters of the Renaissance in Italy. The artists and their major works are the key focus here and while further links on them are available, but you will not find anything...
Other
Renaissance Personalities Student Home Page: Titian 1477 1576
Easy-to-read short biography of Titian citing his background and his accomplishments. Part of a school project for 8th graders.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: The Italian Renaissance
This is a short timeline of key events of the Italian Renaissance. Make sure to click on "Humanism" and "Renaissance Art" for more information.
Other
Renaissance Dance: Definition
A definition of the term "Renaissance Dance" along with details and explanation.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: Renaissance Architecture for Kids
History Questions: Renaissance Architecture Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: Renaissance Artists for Kids
History Questions: Renaissance Artists Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: Renaissance Food for Kids
History Questions: Renaissance Food Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: Renaissance Science and Inventions for Kids
History Questions: Renaissance Science and Inventions Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Venetian Painting in the Early Renaissance
From this site you can learn a little bit about the Renaissance art movement's beginnings in Venice. You will also view 7 representative works from various artists.
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