Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: The Harlem Renaissance
This lesson is an introduction to a unit on The Harlem Renaissance, the period between the end of WW I through mid 1930s when African Americans were recognized for their literature, music, and art. It discusses their themes and lists...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance: Countee Cullen
This lesson focuses on Countee Cullen, a Harlem Renaissance poet who based his works on Romantic poets and downplayed racism. It features links to three of his poems: "From the Dark Tower," "The Loss of Love," and "Saturday's Child." It...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance: Claude Mc Kay
This lesson focuses on the Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay and two of his poems: "If We Must Die" and "The Tropics of New York." It offers a short bio and links to the two poems, and then explains the style and meanings of the poems.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance: Jean Toomer
This lesson focuses on the Harlem Renaissance poet Jean Toomer and his poem "Reapers." It features a short bio, a link to his poem, and lists of leveled questions to help analyze poetry: Surface level, Deeper level, Application level,...
Crayola
Crayola: Bold and Bright in Harlem (Lesson Plan)
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...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art of Renaissance Europe
This educational resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art contains resources about Renaissance Europe including numerous pieces of art from that period with images and lesson plans.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Background
This lesson provides background for an English Renaissance unit; it compares the English Renaissance with the Italian Renaissance. It features Queen Elizabeth I's influence and provides a poem written by the queen, "When I Was Fair and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Christopher Marlowe
This lesson focuses on Christoper Marlowe and his works including his famous sonnet "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love." This poem and "A Nymph's Reply" are provided in both text from audio forms. Links to Marlowe's biography and a...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Sonnets
This lesson focuses on the sonnet including the definition, the history, the types of, and meters. It features the three types of sonnets: Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet, English/Shakespearean Sonnet, and Spenserian Sonnet. It describes the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: English Pertrarchan Sonnets
This lesson focuses on English Pertrarchan sonnets which were translated into English by Sir Thomas Wyatt who then created his own poetry in the Pertrarchan form. It features Wyatt's poems "They Flee from Me" (in text and audio) and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Edmund Spenser: Sonnets
This lesson focuses on Edmund Spenser and his sonnets. It features two of his sonnets: Sonnet 30 and Sonnet 75, known as the Fire and Ice poems and a worksheet for them. It also offers links to Spenser's biography, Amoretti and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Shakespeare: Sonnets
This lesson focuses on Shakespeare's sonnets; it features three sonnets: Sonnet 29, 116, and 130 and provides links to a modern paraphrase/analysis of each. It also offers an audio of Alan Rickman reading Sonnet 130. Students are to...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: John Donne
This lesson focuses on John Donne and his sonnets. It features three of his sonnets: Holy Sonnet VII: "At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners," Holy Sonnet X: "Death, Be Not Proud," and "The Bait," which is a reply to Christopher...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Carpe Diem Poetry
This lesson focuses on the Carpe Diem ("Seize the day") poets Andrew Marvell and Robert Herrick. It features links to biographies of each of these poets, the poem "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell and the poem "To the Virgins, to...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:american Literature: The Harlem Renaissance: Langston Hughes
This lesson focuses on Langston Hughes and two of him poems: "Theme for English B" and "I, Too." It provides links to the two poems including an audio version of "I, Too" and a handout worksheet for "Theme for English B." It asks student...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit and Comp: The Harlem Renaissance: Commas
This lesson focuses on comma usage including rules and examples. It features links to rules, an exercise, and a quiz for comma usage, and a self-assessment quiz.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:american Lit and Comp: The Harlem Renaissance: Sat Practice
This lesson focuses on the practice for the SAT test. I offers links to a full practice test, SAT vocabulary word lists, and the College Board website.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Sir Philip Sidney: Sonnets
This lesson focuses on Sir Philip Sidney, his techniques, and his sonnets. It features "Sonnet 39" from his sequence "Astrophil and Stella" and an accompanying worksheet and Sidney's biography.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 2: Langston Hughes and the Blues
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.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 5: Nat Tract Sequ: Word Roots #5 Advanced
This lesson plan features the Latin roots NAT = be born; TRACT = pull, draw; SEQU/SECU = follow. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a vocabulary word...
Quia
Quia: Art History Lesson 80
Use any of the three activities--matching, flash cards, or concentration--to learn about select artists and terms associated with Renaissance art or to check your understanding of them. (Most terms are associated with the Renaissance; a...
Curated OER
Macmillan/mc Graw Hill: The World, Vol. 1: Culture & Change: Lesson 3 Quiz
Choose the correct answer for each of the five multiple choice questions to evaluate your comprehension of Renaissance and Reformation.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science: Welcome to Exploring Leonardo
At this resource, learn all about Leonardo da Vinci. Visuals of his work, ideas for activities and investigation. Additional links and lesson ideas for teachers.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: The Art of Romare Bearden
Newshour with Jim Lehrer, a nightly news broadcast on PBS, offers a wealth of material on Romare Bearden. Content includes the NewsHour report, a gallery of his artwork, extended interviews with the artist, and a companion lesson plan.
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