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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Renaissance Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at four representative figures of the Renaissance period. Includes biographies about Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, Sir Thomas More, and Desiderius Erasmus. Their biographies discuss their contributions to the Renaissance...
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: The 12th Century Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion centering on the educational opportunities during the 12th Century. This is a good background for the changes which came about in the early Renaissance period.
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San Diego State University

Renaissance Men

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This art card game is similar to "Gin Rummy" where players collect sets of three. The game's purpose is to recall art and artists from the three Renaissance periods (proto, early, and high).
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Renaissance Fair: Elizabethan Period Costumes

For Students 9th - 10th
Very extensive guide to period costumes of the Elizabethan age. Offers color photographs of men's and women's clothing, patterns and tips for making the costumes, and a definition page with more pictures to illustrate terminology.
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Wittenberg University: Major Figures of the Harlem Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief overview, followed by biographical sketches of people making this time memorable.
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Poets' Corner: Harlem Shadows: The Poems of Claude Mc Kay

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of seventy four poems by Claude McKay. With an introduction by editor Nelson Miller highlighting his life and great works.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Dante Alighieri

For Students 2nd - 7th
History of the life and work of intellect, Dante Alighieri, a famous poet who wrote in Italian vernacular and made poetry accessible to more than just the elite classes during the late Medieval period. Includes links to resources for...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Alice Dunbar Nelson

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Alice Dunbar Nelson, a novelist, poet, essayist, and critic associated with the early period of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s.