A description of the Pre-Raphaelite movement in art, which was a group of English artists which formed an association in 1848 to recapture the beauty and simplicity of the medieval world. Discusses the themes of their works, lists some...

Overview of the 1920s era clash in values in which religious fundamentalism flourished alongside literary and artistic movements of African-Americans and other American intellectuals.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic short stories from prize-winning authors. One work is "How the Pretty Maid of Portillon Convinced Her Judge," a story written by the French author from the European literary realism movement,...

Building upon their understanding of forces and Newton's laws of motion, students learn about the force of friction, specifically with respect to cars. They explore the friction between tires and the road to learn how it affects the...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, literary critic, and a founder of the Romantic Movement in England, as well as a major influence on American transcendentalism. The following poem is, as the title suggests, the...

Brief explanation of the role of the Puritans in church history. Contains links to webpages devoted to specific Puritan sermon writers, preachers, and "divines."

A complete unit of ideas for Martin Luther King Jr. is featured with related lesson plans and activities.

This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.

This site, created by Deidre Johnson, provides information on series reading about girls in the 19th century. You can find information about noted authors of these series, such as Jacob Abbott and Sophie May, and many selections from...

This PBS site explores African-American literature from its beginnings to the present. Includes an on-line study guide.

Great research site! Gives passages from many of the works of the authors of this era. Well-written overview.

Contains a plethora of links to websites related to the 17th century. Literature, music, history, politics, and the role of woman are all covered by these links.

A cross-curricular lesson plan from PBS on Ralph Ellison's novel, "The Invisible Man." Ties a U.S. History study of the struggle for equality and civil rights with an analysis of the novel.

This site from Modern American Poetry comes from the English department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and proves to be a great resource for information about Jean Toomer (1894-1967 CE). The site contains links to a...

This site features discussion questions to go along with each scene of the play "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry. Students will gain a broader perspective of Hansberry's work when they visit this site.

A clickable list of full texts by Queen Elizabeth I that includes poems, speeches, verse translations, and letters.

A website covering 17th century English literature. Extensive list of links connected to many prominent writers of the time. A detailed historical timeline of the 17th century provided.

Provided by the University of British Columbia, this is a collection of images and links related to Guy of Warwick used as supplemental material in a class about printing the Middle Ages. Contains many pictures of early texts depicting...

The Victorian sonnet is discussed and links are provided to full-text examples of sonnets by exemplary 19th century poets.

Reprinted from essays and lectures by Oscar Wilde. Discusses the characteristics of the English Renaissance of Art.

This site gives a brief biography of Julian of Norwich, which is then followed by almost 70 links to sources about her life and works. Click on "Showing of Love" in the third line for both text and analysis. An amazing number of resources.

A wonderful website with a plethora of links to information on poets, Cavalier writers, the Sacred poets, the origin of the couplet, the lesser Caroline poets, as well as political writing.

This Queen Elizabeth I of England site features many resources, both text and illustrations, about the life and times of the Tudor monarch who lived from 1533-1603.

This is the place to find works by a variety of women writers of the Victorian age. Be sure to scroll down to the "Proceed to the collection," button to access the work.