National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Dream Anatomy
Take a step back in time to see the human body and the field of medicine through the looking glass of history. Experience a different kind of representation of our internal anatomy, and learn about the history of human dissection.
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Tudors
A look into life in England, Wales, and Ireland during the rule of the Tudor family. Website includes PowerPoints about the War of the Roses, Aston Halls, and the Tudors family tree.
Luminarium
Luminarium: The Faces of Elizabeth I
This Luminarium site offers nine different portraits of Queen Elizabeth I.
Other
Renaissance Fair: Elizabethan Period Costumes
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.
Other
Christus Rex: Giotto (Ambrogio Bondone, Detto)
One of the great figures in western art, Giotto made many artisic contributions to the Late Gothic (Pre-Renaissance) period of art. Here you will find biographical information and many reproductions of his work.
W. W. Norton
Norton Anthology of English L Iterature: Sixteenth Century: Overview
Introductory material for a survey of sixteenth-century English literature offering information on the period, its major figures, and influences.
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America Dept. Of State: Outline of American Literature [Pdf]
This online book presents an overview of American literature chronologically. Eras and movements are explained and biographies of significant authors are provided. This is a good way to understand the background and influences of...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Real Virtual: Representing Architectural Time and Space
An extensive collection of resources designed to aid the teaching of architectural history. An introduction to the period of architecture accompanies images. Viewers can manipulate the images to achieve a panoramic view or close-up of...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Victorian Literature: Introduction
This is the introduction to a unit on Victorian Literature, a period describing the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) as prudish and old fashioned, but is considered by some as a second English Renaissance, a time of wealth, power, and...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: "Letter From Spain"
This site from Modern American Poetry provides a review of the famous poem by Langston Hughes. The information that is provided is somewhat brief, but factual, and worth checking out.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Romare Bearden (Lesson Plan)
This 4-day lesson plan asks learners to explore artistic points of view, explore the elements and principals that contribute to mood, and discuss social themes that were prevalent during the Harlem Renaissance. The 4-day process involves...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Langston Hughes
This site provides a biography of Langston Hughes, followed by several of his poems (some complete with audio clips) and a bibliography of his more influential works.
Curated OER
Thurman
This site includes the author's credits as an editor and playwright. A good Biography and links to other other helpful sites.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Historical Influences on Morality: A Basis for Literary Study
Using this PDF lesson plan, students will get a general overview of the historical span of philosophical thought and how it may have been a product or reaction to the time period. Students will research philosophies and time periods...
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Library: Books of Hours
This website contains information about the Book of Hours: a private prayer book, liturgies or calendar. "In Books of Hours are preserved some of the finest works of medieval art." Seven Book of Hours with descriptions are shown. Though...
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club: Dorothy West
This biography of Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West includes a video [2:42] of West in New York and links to book reviews for all of West's works.
Duke University
Shuffle Along Orchestra
This section focuses on the people created the hit musical, "Shuffle Along," which helped to spur the Harlem Renaissance. Other information on the site about the importance of other black theater during the period.
Other
Central Washington University: Costume History
Focuses on the history of costumes and fashion from Egyptian times to the 1990s. Thumbnail links may no longer work as this is an older site. However, the 'Fads in Fashion Slides' page has many large images organized by time periods....
San Diego State University
Classical Rummy
This card game serves as a learning aid to music students. They will learn to classify classical composers by the era in which they worked: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Zora Neale Hurston
This Barnard-educated writer, anthropologist, and folklorist grew up in Eatonville, Florida; the first all-Black city in America. Read a short summary of her life and accomplishments.
Other
British Theatre Guide: A Thousand Years of British Theatre History (Part 6a)
An article on the trends characteristic of twentieth-century British theater. Addresses the transformation of style which occurred during this time period.
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club: Zora Neale Hurston
This site focuses on Zora Neale Hurston including a bibliography, the video [2:30] "Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun" and links to 11 of her books including her most famous work There Eyes Were Watching God.
Stanford University
Stanford University: Medieval Music Birth of Polyphony
An article on the beginning of Polyphonic music during the Middle Ages. You'll also find illustrations.
British Library
British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: 1500s Food
View a series of extracts from sixteenth-century cookbooks written in English and learn what people ate during Tudor times. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the period, including the foods eaten when...