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Unit Plan
Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Sterling A. Brown (1901 1989)

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource includes theme, perspective, form, style and audience of this famous Harlem Renaissance author's work.
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Unit Plan
Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Langston Hughes (1902 1967)

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent research site on Langston Hughes. Includes theme, perspective, form, style, audience, comparison and contrast of the famous Harlem Renaissance author's work.
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eBook
University of Toronto (Canada)

Selected Poetry of Thomas Campion (1567 1620)

For Students 9th - 10th
Six full-text poems by the English Renaissance poet Thomas Campion.
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Lesson Plan
Crayola

Crayola: Bold and Bright in Harlem (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan incorporates art into a social studies or language arts class. Students create their own pictures, using the work of Harlem Renaissance artists as inspiration. Also provides resources and adaptations to try with this...
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Sterling A. Brown (1901 1989)

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive look at the life and works of Sterling A. Brown of the Harlem Renaissance. With links to specific poems and analysis, a biography, and related topics.
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Anne Spencer

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth site on Anne Spencer including an extensive biography of this famous Harlem Renaissance poet. Detailed information on her works, education, and contemporaries. Numerous photographs. Some of her poems are also included.
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Website
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: The New Intellectual Order: Man, Nature and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of the different philosophers of the Renaissance period. Includes a general look at Bruno, Montaigne, Descartes, Hobbes, and Locke with links to their biographies. The lecture tries to give the readers an insight into the...
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Handout
Luminarium

Luminarium: The Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Clickable list to full-text examples of the sonnets and blank verse poems of this English renaissance poet.
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Website
Luminarium

Luminarium: The Works of John Skelton

For Students 9th - 10th
Listing of works of the English renaissance poet John Skelton (1460-1529) with links to actual text.
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Handout
Other

An Introduction to Early Modern European History

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent introduction to and overview of the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe. This article touches on all aspects of the period.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: The Flowering of the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
Consisting of twenty-eight video lectures, this history course, entitled The Flowering of the Middle Ages, comprises a cross-disciplinary investigation of the period variously called The High Middle Ages, The Twelfth Century Renaissance,...
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Handout
Robert H. Sarkissian

Island of Freedom: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete discussion of Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance artist. Discusses his life, his impact on the art world, his political views of the times, and his influence on society. Explanation of works, additional links to other great artists.
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Website
Luminarium

Luminarium: Henry Viii (1491 1547)

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site on Renaissance literature contains links to many biographies of Henry VIII. Includes a compilation of works written by Henry VIII.
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Website
Other

The Active Eye in Architecture: Birth of a Column

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed study of the column, with some reference to its use in Renaissance architecture. Part of an online book about architecture by an amateur for amateurs.
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Handout
Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Raffaelo Sanzio (Raphael)

For Students 9th - 10th
A great online collection of the work of Renaissance master Raphael, who was famous for painting angels, Madonnas, and saints. View a huge high-quality collection of his drawings, paintings, and tapestries and read insightful analyses of...
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Graphic
University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Historical Maps of Italy

For Students 9th - 10th
Review these two maps of Italy during the Renaissance from the Perry Castaneda Collection. Zoom in to see the details of a map of the Milanese under the Visconti and one of the Republic of Florence.
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Unit Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Journeys and Crossings: Langston Hughes and His Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch and listen to a webcast of David Kresh, Reference Specialist in Poetry at the Library of Congress, discuss Langston Hughes, including his poetry and other writings, and the impact of his life and work both during the Harlem...
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PPT
Columbia University

Columbia University: "The Migration Series" by Jacob Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a four slide-show examination of the pictorial series that the Harlem Renaissance artist Jacob Lawrence created in paint to tell the story of the "The Great Migration" of African-Americans from the Southern United States to the...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The New Negro

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about some of the people who contributed to the Harlem Renaissance in this video from A Walk Through Harlem.
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Website
University of California

University of California Berkeley: Digital Scriptorium

For Students 9th - 10th
Browse and search an image database of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts from many participating institutions.
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Website
Other

Georgia Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page for the Georgia Museum of art, which is on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens. It's permanent collection consists of American paintings; American, European, and Asian works on paper; the Samuel H. Kress Study...
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Other

Online Historical Fencing Manuals & Texts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to historical fighting manuals and analysis of these manuals. Intriguing reading for those with an interest in Renaissance fighting techniques.
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Activity
University of Oxford (UK)

The History of Scientific Instruments Used in Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
Medieval and Renaissance-era scientific instruments are catalogued and displayed. Find references to the makers of the instruments and the ways the tools were once used.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: New English Poetry: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

For Students 9th - 10th
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry discusses the English renaissance poetry of Henry Howard (1517-1547).

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