August 23, 2006
Langston Hughes Web Resources
Modern American Poetry Site
This site, edited by Cary Nelson of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is a an online companion to the Anthology of Modern American Poetry (Oxford University Press, 2000). It includes a biography, criticism and several of Hughes’ poems and writings.
The Academy of American Poets
This site includes a biography, several of Hughes’ poems and related prose.
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute Curriculum Unit
This curriculum unit, compiled by G. Casey Cassidy, includes an extensive biography and a long bibliography (both for teachers and students), but includes only a few suggested in-class activities. It is geared towards grades 7-12.
Internet School Library Media Center
This is a teacher resource file for the Langston Hughes. It includes biographies, lesson plans and useful links.