Mark Twain and American Humor

The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize

What makes us laugh?

• Types of Humor
• Humor Glossary
• Humor at Wikipedia

Humorous stories by Mark Twain:

• "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".
• "The Million-Pound Bank Note"
• "The First Writing Machines"
• "A Helpless Situation"
• "The Invalid's Story"
• "Luck"
• Tom Sawyer Whitewashing the Fence
  Read this chapter as if it were a short story.

Resources to help with design:
For Pamphlets

• How to Design a Pamphlet
• Pamphlets

• Presentation Zen
• Top Ten Slide Tips

• 10 Tips (for journalism but will also apply to this project)
• Top 10 digital video tips

• Website Design Tips
• Tips from Boogie Jack

Keep in mind that your purpose is to help the visitors at the Kennedy Center better understand Mark Twain's style of humor. Click on "Evaluation" at the left to see how your work will be evaluated.