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Publisher: National Endowment for the Humanities Summertime Favorites 
 A list of recommended readings, representing "NEH's [National Endowment for the Humanities] long-standing effort to highlight classic literature for young people from kindergarten through high school." Browsable by grade level. http://www.neh.gov/projects/summertimefavorites.html Topics: Children's Literature, Librarianship, Literature & Books, Literature: Fiction, Summer Reading Last updated May 12, 2005 U.S. Newspaper Program
This site presents information about "a cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present." Browse by state to locate contact information and Web links for specific collections. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). http://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html Topics: Newspapers, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Sep 1, 2003 U.S. History -- Women's Rights/History: Lesson Plans
Compilation of lesson plans concerning women's rights and women's history, including topics such as women aviators, first ladies, voting rights for women, women in the U.S. Civil War, quilting, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wall-paper." From EDSITEment, a joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and other organizations. http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=3&subcategory=27 Topics: Women Last updated Feb 27, 2008 Picturing America
This National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) initiative "brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries nationwide." The program "uses art as a catalyst for the study of America -- the cultural, political, and historical threads woven into our nation's fabric." Includes online annotated images arranged by time period and themes (such as freedom and equality, democracy, and creativity). Also includes information about how schools may acquire prints and links to lesson plans. http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/ Topics: Art by Region Last updated Apr 29, 2009 Not Just Halloween: Festivals of the Dead From Around the World
This classroom feature "can be used as a framework for discussing with your students Festivals of the Dead in their manifestations across different cultures." It features discussion of and links to websites on Halloween's origins in the Celtic festival of the dead (Samhain), Japan's Festival of Lanterns (Obon), Mexico's Days of the Dead (Los Dias de los Muertos), and more. From EDSITEment, a website of the National Endowment for the Humanities. http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=116 Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Oct 27, 2008 Poetry: Lesson Plans
This collection of lesson plans covers a wide variety of topics in poetry, such as epic poems, haiku, sonnets, modernist poetry, limericks and nonsense poems, writing poetry, metaphor and simile, line breaks in poems, and specific poets and works. A selection of annotated poetry links is available by navigating to the "Websites" tab. From EDSITEment, a website of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=4&subcategory=45 Topics: Poetry Last updated Mar 17, 2009 2008 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities: John Updike
Collection of material by and about novelist, poet, essayist, and critic John Updike, who died in January 2009, and who won Pulitzer Prizes for two works in his famous "Rabbit" series of fiction. Features a biography, interview with Updike, appreciation, Updike's Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities about American art (delivered in May 2008), background about the Jefferson Lecture, and a bibliography. From the National Endowment for the Humanities. http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/Updike/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jan 28, 2009 Teaching Abraham Lincoln
This collection "showcases a range of lessons, student interactives, and multimedia-rich websites that will help teachers, students, parents, and caregivers understand the world [President Abraham] Lincoln lived in and the impact he had upon it." It also includes "NEH-sponsored programs, exhibits, and professional development opportunities for teachers." From EDSITEment, a website of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). http://edsitement.neh.gov/spotlight.asp?id=138 Topics: Presidents by Name Last updated Feb 17, 2009 Women's History Month
Compilation of federal government resources celebrating Women's History Month, observed in March. Features exhibitions, biographies, articles and stories, lesson plans and student activities, and other material about women's history. Also learn about the current year's theme and about special events at federal government institutions. From the Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. http://womenshistorymonth.gov/ Topics: Women Last updated Mar 12, 2009 |
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