High schoolers analyze modernist poetry in depth and detail. The several historical, social, and cultural forces that prompted the modernist movement and its effects are examined in this lesson.

Students examine the historical, social, and cultural context of modernist poetry. They explore websites, complete a chart, compare/contrast rural and urban life, watch a video of early New York, and complete a writing assessment...

High schoolers analyze modernist poetry and the role of speaker in example poems. Learners study modernist poems from the Romanticism and Victorian periods as well as Wallace Stevens' "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Using a...

Students examine the concept of modernism. They analyze different modern poetists writings and identify the context in which the poems were written. They write poems of their own to complete the lesson plan.

Students examine aesthetic movement known as modernism, discover why organizers chose modernism as World Fair's design pattern, interpret photographs of modernist fair buildings and identify artifacts that reflect modernist ideas, and...

High schoolers explore nature of cultural movements in Western Civilization since the 18th Century by examining various styles of painting, and analyzing impact of culture on its forms of artistic expression. Students then create...

What characterizes modern literature? The first few slides of this 31-slide PowerPoint discuss what sparked the change to Modernism and discuss some of the key figures of the time (like Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud). The 20s and 30s are...

Students analyze the history and art in the Constructivism movement. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze and consider the material types in the art form. Students complete image based discussion. Students work in groups using...

Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...

Students engage in a study of the literature of modernism in America. They conduct research and read different texts for clarification of the genre style. Students discuss the background influences of culture that shaped modernism.

This is a lesson from a unit on 20th Century Postmodernism; it focuses on Modernism, a period characterized by writers and artists use of new forms in an attempt to find a new truth and a break from existing institutions, forms, and...

A compelling look at the roots and influence of modernism in architecture. With excellent biographies of the leading architects of the movement (e.g., Le Corbusier and Mies Van Der Rohe) and many, many examples of buildings that define...

Account of the rise of modernist Persian poetry and its influence on the imagist movement. Links to authors and works.

Background on the literary time period known as Modernism, including characteristics of writing at this time as well as a list of important modernist authors.

Explore this brief biography of Georgia O'Keeffe, famous artist of the modernist movement.

Great biography in Spanish of the Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario, considered by many to be the greatest poet of the Spanish language. He pioneered the modernist movement in prose and poetry. Some of his writings are available in Spanish at...

This is an introduction to a unit on 20th Century Postmodernism in British poetry and short stories. Although the works in this unit vary in style and themes, each reflects disorder and an attempt to create a new reality. The unit looks...

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts provides a fun and interesting site to explore! Click on a time period to view examples and descriptions of various pieces of art from the modernism period. To see a larger image and more information of...

This site contains a discussion of Functionalist Modernism using the city of Viipuri as an example. Architects of the time are also discussed.

The Electronic Labyrinth provides a concise overview of Modernism with a nod to authors and works that characterize the movement.

Explore the world of Twentieth Century British literature through this informative site. Find out how and why Georgian and Modernism movements developed. Includes a quiz.

Read about the futurist movement in painting - particularly in Italian painting - and view examples of this style of painting. Click on the titles of each work to enlarge the images.

The architect Walter Gropius is renowned as the Father of Bauhaus. Learn about Gropius and the "School of Building" he created. There are photos of some of the buildings he designed, as well as other information about the Bauhaus...

A brief encyclopedia article from Wikipedia describing the Fauvism art movement and listing the artists associated with the movement.