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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Walden: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Chapter 2.2 of Walden by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. It focuses on where he lived and what he lived for.
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: 18th Century Resources Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this incredible site full of resources and links to the world of literature in 18th-century Britain. This site holds the key to learning more about the authors, works, and topics of this time period.
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Eighteenth Century Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out more about eighteenth-century literature through this comprehensive chronology. This site is set up to take you from 1660 through to 1800.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Velasco, the Valley of Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel" by Velasco represents an important period in the development of Mexico's national identity and an important chapter in the history of Mexican art. Velasco's landscapes became...
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Curated OER

Romanticism

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview and definitions of Romantic art charateristics and a list of example works (thumbnail pics included).
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: William Cullen Bryant and Philip Freneau

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two poems examining divinity and concluding that while God is benevolent, one appreciates God either through a romantic lens or a rationalist calculation. Poems are William Cullen Bryant's, "To a Waterfowl," and Philip Freneau's, "On the...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Honore Daumier

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a look at some of Daumier's paintings. Shows them as thumnails (that can be enlarged) and comments on some of them.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Caspar David Friedrich

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of German Romantic painter Caspar Friedrich, including pictures of some of his paintings.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Literature: Romantic Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This course outline offers resources for studying romantic poets such as Keats and Wordsworth and fiction writers such as Shelley and Scott.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich Fordham University site of primary source material that include full-text, and multimedia sites. There are additional study and research guides such as Modern History in the Movies.
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Victorian Web

Victorian Web: Pre Raphaelites, an Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Victorian Web offers a commentary on Pre-Rapaelite art and how to understand the symbolism in the paintings.
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: Art Nouveau

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on Art Nouveau in great detail. Find out what this term means, and how this "new art" adapted from old styles.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Naturalism (Literature)

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers several paragraphs of information on Naturalism in literature inspired by the evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin.
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: 19th Century "Isms"

For Students 9th - 10th
There are several politically driven "-isms" introduced and built on throughout the nineteenth century. Challenge studies with the help of this PowerPoint presentation to understand the details of each "-ism."
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Hanover College

Hanover College: Images of Romantic Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Hanover College History offers several excellent images of Romantic Art. The site provides the year each one was created.
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Other

T. L. Peacock: Biographical and Critical Excerpts

For Students 9th - 10th
Very in-depth excerpts from various authors outlining Peacock's life and giving good insight into his works.
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Other

Up Word: The First Book of Urizen

For Students 9th - 10th
A verse-by-verse version of William Blake's (1757-1827 CE) First Book of Urizen is offered here at up Word. A lot of clicking, as each verse is a separate page. Not illustrated.
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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full collection of The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. Click on the title of the desired poem or series of poems.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Tour: Constable and Turner: British Landscapes

For Students 9th - 10th
View a selection of paintings by English romantics Constable and Turner in the collections of the National Gallery. Tour has biographical and curatorial notes, along with detailed views of each painting.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Blake

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site features information on the life and work of William Blake.
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Cool Fire Technology

Brain Bank: Art Movements and Periods

For Students 9th - 10th
This website alphabetizes and briefly describes all the major movements in the history of visual arts. Good for use as a general reference for Art History studies and the study of historically based painting and art.
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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Eugene Delacroix

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of Eugene Delacroix. Includes specific notes for many of his works, including "Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi", though there is no reproduction of the painting.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Byronic Hero

For Students 9th - 10th
A descriptive site about the term Byronic Hero as used by Lord Byron in "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage". With background information about the origin of this idealized yet flawed hero.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

For Students 10th - 12th
Selected (9) reading passages (grades 10-12) to pair with "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. After being forced to wear a scarlet "A" and live on the outskirts of the colonial Puritan settlement, Hester Prynne struggles to...

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