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Literature and Poetry
Primary Source Sets

Walt Whitman holding a butterfly on his finger

[Detail] Walt Whitman holding a butterfly on his finger

Specific artifacts (images, manuscripts, maps, sound files) with analysis tools help students think like historians about a particular historical event or phenomenon.

  • Alice Paul

    Found Poetry

    Using primary source texts on a variety of subjects, students select words to retell the historical content in poetic form.

  • Louis Armstrong

    Harlem Renaissance

    Photographs, authors' drafts, sheet music, an audio recording, and newspaper articles let students explore the artistic and literary legacy of the Harlem Renaissance.