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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Eudora Welty

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Eudora Welty is identified in this brief biography as one of America's greatest southern writers. See "Eudora Welty Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
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Cengage Learning

Gale: Harlem Renaissance: A Gale Critical Companion: Jessie Redmon Fauset [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the biographical notes, a review of Fauset's major works, a portrait, a reprint of a short essay by Fauset from "Some Notes on Color," a collection of essays on her life and work, and an extensive bibliography.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Richard Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Author Richard Wright is presented in this biography which draws upon his brutal honesty in describing life in the racially segregated south. See "Richard Wright Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Renaissance Literature: The Life of Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
A great biography, focused mainly on his life and career in the courts. Also contains a great bibliography.
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Other

University College at Dublin: Women's Writing in the Renaissance and Reformation

For Students 9th - 10th
Useful for research and for focusing on women's writing during this influential period, this article includes a lengthy bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
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Digital History

Digital History: The American Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A description of American Romantic authors, their backgrounds and what they wrote. These writers made American literature truly American.
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary texts that describe the experiences of people who lived during the Bubonic Plague in medieval Europe, and how they tried to deal with it. For example, through avoidance of contact with infected people, and by...
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University of Pennsylvania

English Renaissance in Context: Unediting Lear

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Since a number of different versions of Shakespeare's play King Lear have been found, which should be consitered the "real" one? Great multimedia tutorial that examines this problem faced by Shakespeare scholars.
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Amy Rudersdorf: Sir Walter Raleigh: An English Renaissance Man

For Students 9th - 10th
Sir Walter Raleigh (Ralegh) is featured in this biography. Raleigh, born in the South of England in 1552, worked ceaselessly for the Queen launching expeditions to the New World in an effort to expand England's territory.
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Other

African Union: Panafricanism and African Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
The African Union has replaced the OAU (Organization of African Unity) as the leading diplomatic organization for all African nations. Here you will find information on its structure, list of member states, issues they are discussing and...
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Shakespeare Resource Center

Shakespeare Resource Center:shakespeare's Peers:english Renaissance Playwrights

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about ten playwrights who were contemporaries of Shakespeare includes some details about their lives in addition to descriptions of their major existing works.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Kirjasto: Lope De Vega: Father of Spanish Drama

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical essay on Lope de Vega, the most respected playwright of Renaissance Spain. Features extensive personal information and a bibliography of de Vega's plays and other works.
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University of Chicago

University of Chicago: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae

For Students 9th - 10th
Printed images of the major architectural monuments and sculptures of ancient Rome spread knowledge of classical antiquity throughout Europe. The "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (the "Mirror of Roman Magnificence") represents a...
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Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Sterling A. Brown (1901 1989)

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource includes theme, perspective, form, style and audience of this famous Harlem Renaissance author's work.
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Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Langston Hughes (1902 1967)

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent research site on Langston Hughes. Includes theme, perspective, form, style, audience, comparison and contrast of the famous Harlem Renaissance author's work.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

Selected Poetry of Thomas Campion (1567 1620)

For Students 9th - 10th
Six full-text poems by the English Renaissance poet Thomas Campion.
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Crayola

Crayola: Bold and Bright in Harlem (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Sterling A. Brown (1901 1989)

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive look at the life and works of Sterling A. Brown of the Harlem Renaissance. With links to specific poems and analysis, a biography, and related topics.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Anne Spencer

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth site on Anne Spencer including an extensive biography of this famous Harlem Renaissance poet. Detailed information on her works, education, and contemporaries. Numerous photographs. Some of her poems are also included.
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: The New Intellectual Order: Man, Nature and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of the different philosophers of the Renaissance period. Includes a general look at Bruno, Montaigne, Descartes, Hobbes, and Locke with links to their biographies. The lecture tries to give the readers an insight into the...
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Luminarium

Luminarium: The Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Clickable list to full-text examples of the sonnets and blank verse poems of this English renaissance poet.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: The Works of John Skelton

For Students 9th - 10th
Listing of works of the English renaissance poet John Skelton (1460-1529) with links to actual text.
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Other

An Introduction to Early Modern European History

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent introduction to and overview of the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe. This article touches on all aspects of the period.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: The Flowering of the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
Consisting of twenty-eight video lectures, this history course, entitled The Flowering of the Middle Ages, comprises a cross-disciplinary investigation of the period variously called The High Middle Ages, The Twelfth Century Renaissance,...

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