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1920’s

The Harlem Renaissance

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Brain Starter

What comes to mind when you think of Harlem today?

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Notebooks out!

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Agenda

  • Announcements
    • D.C. Money- Additional late fees begin next week
    • Make-up interims
  • Cornell Notes: The Harlem Renaissance
    • The Jazz Era!
    • Paintings of the Harlem Renaissance
    • Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance

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Goal:

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  • Mastery Level Cornell Notes on
    • The Harlem Renaissance (Jazz, Art, and Poetry!)

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Essential Question

How did the creative expression of African Americans in the Harlem Renaissance lead to a new black cultural identity?

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P.9

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VOCAB:

The Harlem Renaissance: A blossoming of African American culture

particularly in the creative arts.

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Jazz

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Some big names:

Duke Ellington (first great jazz composer)

Louis Armstrong (trumpet

& singer)

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  • Copy down the following questions in your notebooks and answer it as you listen to some of this Duke Ellington!

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    • What is the mood of this music? What emotions are being conveyed? What instruments are you hearing?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY

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Let’s listen to some

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Langston Hughes:

Famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance

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I, Too by Langston Hughes

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I, too, sing America.

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I am the darker brother.

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They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.

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Tomorrow,

I'll be at the table

When company comes.

Nobody'll dare

Say to me,

"Eat in the kitchen,”

Then.

Besides,

They'll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.

What does this poem tell us about attitudes towards African Americans in 1925?

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What is the mood or tone of this poem?

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Does the poem offer a brighter future?

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Art

What aspects of these paintings

stand out to you?

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From a series of paintings by Jacob Lawrence called The Great Migration!

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Romare Bearden Jammin at the Savoy

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Wrap-Up/Homework

Staple the poem on p. 8

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Finish your Cornell Notes

  • In your summaries, focus on the following question: What were some major themes and ideas of the Harlem Renaissance?

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