PBS provides in-depth information on the subject of humor. Topics covered include the benefits of humor, humor and resilience, and how to be funnier.

Annotate page 56 from A Lesson Before Dying focusing on details that develop humor and/or sarcasm to deepen our understanding of the tone of the chapter.

This math resource is devoted to the graphic humor related to mathematics.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following tutorial students will describe the steps that occur in a humoral immune response.

This unit focuses on satire and humor; it defines satire as a literary device used to expose follies, vices, and hypocrites to bring about change. It includes links to Gullivers Travels and Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, "The Rape of...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the steps that occur in a humoral immune response.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the steps that occur in a humoral immune response.

A ten-part learning module with links to videos, texts, and images about different types of humor.

Humor is not the first thing people associate with Poe, but this essay offers a look at the humor that Poe attempted in his writing. Good for a different look at an often-studied author. Offers a bibliography and links to online texts.

A detailed diagram of where the aqueous fluid comes from and what its function is.

Students understand that specific structures and literary elements create humorous effects in a variety of print and nonprint sources. Students explore the development of humor to determine a text's deeper meaning and purpose, and apply...

Explore how art and technology come together to create masterpieces.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn that tall tales are stories with funny solutions to a problem and how to learn unknown words.

Many people cringe at the idea of studying statistics, but it doesn't have to be impossible! David M. Lane, Associate Professor of Psychology, Statistics, and Management at Rice University, offers a large collection of resources for the...

Learn about Franklin's career as a writer and about his particular brand of humor in this five-part essay. Includes examples from his letters and from "Poor Richard's Almanack."

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (c1884), a humorous novel about slavery.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Deborah Dent and Her Donkey by Leadenhall Press (1887), an illustrated, humorous children's tale.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Rollo's Journey to Cambridge by John T. White (1887), a humorous illustrated children's novel.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Bill Nye's Chestnuts Old and New by Bill Nye (1894), a collection of nonfiction, humorous stories, sketches, photographs, and memoranda from the Harvard Series.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Bull Calf and Other Tales by A.B. Frost (1892), a collection of humorous cartoons tales.

Students will apply their knowledge of economics to the analysis and interpretation of jokes, quotations, and cartoons in economics. Students will watch a Paul Solman video of an interview of Yoram Bauman, the Stand up Economist....

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how political cartoonists use symbolism, exaggeration, humor, and caricature to comment on current events. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing...

Informational site that provides the definition for and examples of irony.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Chip's Un-Natural History by Frederick A. Stokes & Brother (1888). It features funny, pun-filled definitions of a variety of humans and animals; each definition...