• Launchpad: Chaucer's Wife of Bath

    Created January 16, 2011

    Book One of Don Quixote by Cervantes, is published

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    January 16, 1605
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    NEH Humanities Magazine article, "One Master, Many Cervantes"

    First known performance of a Shakespeare play, Titus Andronicus

    Submitted by edsite.admin on January 10, 2011 - 11:38am
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    January 23, 1594
    Related Links: 
    Folger Shakespeare Library: Online Resources for teachers

    Charles L. Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, dies

    Submitted by Anonymous on January 4, 2011 - 6:43pm
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    January 14, 1898
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    A Trip to Wonderland: The Nursery 'Alice'
    Childhood Through the Looking-Glass
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    A Trip to Wonderland: Sizing Up Alice
    Arm Reliquary from Treasures of Heaven exhibit

    Treasures of Heaven

    This website, based on the NEH-funded exhibit, explores the history of Christian saints and their relics through a variety of different digital tools and programs. Learn about exhibition objects through the cultural, geographical, and architectural environment for which they were originally created.

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    Elizabeth I of England ascends to throne

    Submitted by edsite.admin on November 16, 2010 - 7:53pm
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    November 17, 1558
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    Hamlet and the Elizabethan Revenge Ethic in Text and Film
    Listening to Poetry: Sounds of the Sonnet
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    'You Kiss by the Book': Sonnet Unscrambler
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    The Folger Shakespeare Library
    Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
    Shakespeare for Kids
    Image of monastery in Mexico

    When Worlds Collide

    This PBS website looks at how the Old and New Worlds mixed after Columbus landed on Hispaniola in 1492. The 90-minute documentary and website trace milestone events during the 16th century and illustrates how both the New World and the Old were radically transformed by contact. The extensive resources for teachers and students include a timeline, scholarly essays and lesson plans.

     

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    NEH Exhibitions Today

    Discover what's open in your area right now or visit a digital version anytime.

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  • The Victor's Virtue: A Cultural History of Sport

    Created November 9, 2010
    The Victor's Virtue: Pentathlon Scene

    Students may know that there are two components of a modern education that are closely associated with ancient Greek culture: philosophy and sports. To what extent does the role and value of sports in modern high schools resemble the role and value of sports in an ancient Greek education?

    Origins of Halloween and the Day of the Dead

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