The Harlem Renaissance brought forth many American art forms including jazz, and the writings of Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. Using a carefully curated set of documents from the Library of Congress, pupils see the cultural...

Contemplate what music learners listen to and why they listen. Can they find poetry within music lyrics? Specifically hone in on blues lyrics and ruminate upon the social issues prevalent in the themes. Particular song lyrics coincide...

Students study the significance of flowers in art from two periods. In this Medieval and Renaissance art lesson, students research the presence and meaning of botanical illustrations in twelfth, thirtieth, and fourteenth century...

Connect the ideas of jazz improvisation and art to writing poetry. Learners collaborate and write different lines of poetry, imitating the jazz styles of improvisation and freewriting. Take a close look at the poems "Tenebrae" by Yusef...

Learners compose couplets, quatrains, and sonnets after learning about Italian and English sonnets. In this sonnets lesson plan, students read sonnets, analyze them, connect them to the Renaissance and present times, and then write their...

Students are introduced to the Renaissance by viewing a PowerPoint presentation. In this Renaissance activity, students locate the important countries and cities of the Renaissance. Students compare how it was in England from the rest of...

Young scholars encounter having been chosen to join a group of renowned historians who have been offered an unprecedented opportunity. They travel back in time to the Renaissance time period. Students research one aspect of that time...

High schoolers recognize the characteristics of an extended definition.  In this Renaissance person lesson, students read a collection of short stories.  High schoolers research the definitions of Renaissance and Renaissance...

Take poetry off the page and put it into terms of movement, physical space and, finally, music with this series of three lessons from the Smithsonian Institution. This resource introduces students to two poetic forms that originated as...

Practice listening and writing skills with this resource. This is a test created by the New York State Testing Program. Learners listen to a passage called "Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa" twice and write responses to the selection. They...

Fourth graders listen to different types of music, then categorize them into two different areas of classification.

Eighth graders discuss how communication, or lack thereof, can have either a favorable or detrimental effect on a community. They study and interpret proverbs as a means of teaching a lesson. Finally they discuss symbolism and design a...

Six full-text poems by the English Renaissance poet Thomas Campion.

Very extensive text of Campion's Latin poetry with Latin text, translations, commentary notes, and textual notes.

Links from this site access biographical information concerning Thomas Campion, texts of his works, articles and essays about his works, and a list of other available sources.

Extensive, detailed biography of Thomas Campion from the "Cambridge History of English and American Literature."

A survey of Campion's works from the Cambridge History of English and American Literature. Includes link to an essay on his prosody.

A discussion of Thomas Campion's literary criticism from the Elizabethan period. From the Cambridge History of English and American Literature.

Listing of ten songs by Thomas Campion (1567-1620) with links to the song texts.

Full text of Thomas Campion's "A Hymn in Praise of Neptune" from the Oxford Book of English Verse.

This is a self-guided learning unit on the topic of poetry. Included are lessons, self-assessments, background information, learning activities, and related literature. Learn how to analyze poetry, appreciate figurative language, and...

In this lesson, young scholars will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...