[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.
Using primary source texts on a variety of subjects, students select words to retell the historical content in poetic form.
Photographs, authors' drafts, sheet music, an audio recording, and newspaper articles let students explore the artistic and literary legacy of the Harlem Renaissance.
