Poemhunter treasures are waiting for poem hunters. The Poemhunter app’s library has over 1.4 million poems from more than 100,000 poets, including Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Pablo Neruda, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Langston Hughes, Khalil Gibran, and T. S. Eliot. Whenever users feel like reading a poem, they can tap on “Random Poem” or swipe right and see what appears. New poems and poets are added to the archive every day. The app by Brokoli is freely available for iPhone, with the option of in-app purchases.
PEN America is inviting submissions for a new national student essay competition about the role of free expression in today’s world. The nonprofit literary organization wants to know what high school students (aged 15–17) think about the threats to this crucial right in the US or abroad.
“Becoming America: Thinking through Identity, Culture, and Traditions in Early America” is a series of interdisciplinary, object-based investigations into different themes in early American art, culture, and the humanities. The resource emphasizes the value that objects provide as primary sources for inquiry.
The Museums for Digital Learning (MDL) is a way for museums of all disciplines to leverage digitized museum collections to help K–12 educators and students. The MDL learning platform provides educators with authentic, curated museum collection resources to help inspire their students.