This instructional website and lesson set for students and instructors provides a fresh survey of the trans-Atlantic movement that shaped American culture and civic ideals. Click on any one of the seven lessons below by topic:

•  WHAT IS NEOCLASSICISM?

•  DISCOVERING THE CLASSICAL PAST

•  TRAVELERS IN EUROPE

•  THE RISE OF LIBRARIES

•  THE FOUNDERS AND THE CLASSICS

•  CLASSICAL STORIES

•  THE USES OF ANTIQUITY

•  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS