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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline Art History; The Birth of the Virgin

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the early Renaissance painting by Fra Carnevale "The Birth of the Virgin" from 1467, with a description and images of the piece.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline Art History; Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the Renaissance book with illustrated engravings "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Poliphilo's Dream about the Strife of Love)" by Francesco Colonna, with a description and images from the...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 2: Langston Hughes and the Blues

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore relationship between music and poetry in this African-American history lesson on Langston Hughes, the Harlem Renaissance, and other artists such as Bessie Smith, John Hammond, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides a biography of Michelangelo, celebrated artist of the Renaissance. The resource features links to famous works at museums around the world, articles, and other resources.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Language, Word Play and Text

For Students 9th - 10th
Prose and verse, wordplay, neologisms, and rhetoric: discover how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers developed innovative and experimental uses of language.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Deception, Drama, and Misunderstanding

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explore miscommunication, dishonesty, trickery, and the nature of theatre.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Histories

For Students 9th - 10th
From the staging of disability to the influence of Machiavelli, explore the history plays of Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Gender, Sexuality, Courtship and Marriage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From courtship rituals to cross-dressing to love poetry, examine the ways in which Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explored identity, sexuality, and gender roles.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Collection Items

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a selection of collection items that relate to Shakespeare, Renaissance writers, and the context in which their works were created.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Primary Source Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Choose from a list of photos from the Civil War, Reform, Harlem Renaissance, and Campaign to study and record observations.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: The Mediterranean World

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains information about the people using the Mediterranean during the Renaissance. Mentions cultural diversity, humanism, economics and port cities. Includes the setting, cultural diversity, and changing order of the...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Humanism: Seeking the Wisdom of the Ancients

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an introduction to Renaissance humanism. Describes what the movement was, the history behind it, and contains documents from famous ancient Humanists.
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Library of Congress

Loc: A Heavenly Craft: Woodcut in Early Printed Books

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit that represents the evolution of the woodcut as illustration during the late Medieval and early Renaissance period. This exhibition explores the development in technique, composition, perspective, and coloration of the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: World War I and Postwar Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of primary source material from the Library of Congress chronicles the plight of African Americans during WWI and the Harlem Renaissance that followed.
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Digital History

Digital History:the Great Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Migration for African Americans began during World War I as blacks left the segregated south to find jobs in the north. Read about how segregation followed them into their northern neighborhoods. See also how the Harlem...
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University at Buffalo

University at Buffalo: The Jean Toomer Pages

For Students 9th - 10th
The Jean Toomer Pages surveys the life and work of this Harlem Renaissance poet and novelist.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: On "From the Dark Tower"

For Students 9th - 10th
The Harlem Renaissance poem "From the Dark Tower" by Countee Cullen along with an analysis of the poem.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Kids Work! History of Theater

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief history of theater practice told in five snapshots and commentary: theater in ancient times, the medieval theater, the Renaissance theater, Kabuki, and modern-day community theater.
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Georgia Douglas Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Georgia Douglas Johnson, an important Harlem Renaissance poet and playwright. List of suggested readings included.
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African American Literature Book Club

African American Literature Book Club: Alain Locke

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of African-American writer Alain Locke, chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance, the video [5:30] "Ossie Davis: Dr. Alain Leroy Locke's Influence," and links to three of his books.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man of Math

For Students 9th - 10th
What's so special about Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man? With arms outstretched, the man fills the irreconcilable spaces of a circle and a square- symbolizing the Renaissance-era belief in the mutable nature of humankind. James Earle...
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Duke University

Shuffle Along Orchestra

For Students 9th - 10th
This section focuses on the people created the hit musical, "Shuffle Along," which helped to spur the Harlem Renaissance. Other information on the site about the importance of other black theater during the period.
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Other

Scot Clans: Scottish History

For Students 9th - 10th
Step back in time and explore Scotland's history through a series of timelines, charting events from ancient times, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, up until today. Read about the country's mysterious beginnings, its contact with...
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Other

Jazz Age Culture: Part 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Features numerous links to external sites that provide information pertaining to the flapper era, jazz and the Harlem Renaissance, prohibition, racial violence, and crime.

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