The Harlem Renaissance

(Post WWI through the 1930’s) Grade Level: 5th Subject: Social Studies SS Standards 1,2,3,4,5 ELA Standards: 1,2,3,4 Time Frame: 2-3 Weeks Beth Horboychuk

The Harlem Renaissance (Post WWI through the 1930’s)

•In this unit about The Harlem Renaissance, students will learn what historical events led to the movement. They will also learn about the important leaders that came from The Harlem Renaissance, the chronology of events, as well as how it impacted the lives of African Americans.

•Students will have a choice of projects that will require them to research one aspect of the Harlem Renaissance and present to the class.

The Harlem Renaissance (Post WWI through the 1930’s)

•KEY TERMS AND VOCABULARY WORDS

Harlem World War 1 Boll Weevil Infestation Adv ocate Activist Jazz Renaissance Social Services Act Immigration Act of 1924 Revolutionary Segregation Civil Rights Great Migration Cotton Plantations Vogue Civil Rights Borough Integration

The Harlem Renaissance (Post WWI through the 1930’s)

•IMPORTANT PEOPLE

Langston Hughes Wallace Thu rman Alain Locke Jean Toomer James Weldon Johnson Zora Neale Hurston Bessie Smith W.E.B. DuB ois Rudolph Fisher Arna Bontemps Calvin Coolidge Paul Robeson James Weldon Johnson Woodrow W ilson Marcus G arvey Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Billie Holiday Warren G. Hardi ng Claude McKay Lois Mailou Jones Jacob Lawrence

The Harlem Renaissance (Post WWI through the 1930’s)

*PERFORMANCE TASKS (Projects) 1.

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Choose one person from the Harlem Renaissance to research. Find as many facts and details about their life. Write a narrative account from their point of view.

Read a historical fiction book from the time period and present it to the class.

Design a poster to invite people to Harlem. Use language from the time period as well as historical references to landmarks and important people.

Write a song inspired by the Harlem Renaissance. It may be about a person, daily life during the renaissance, or an event that happened.

Compare the similarities and differences of Harlem 1920s and Harlem today. Use writing and images to convey the similarities and differences.

What events led to the Harlem Renaissance?

*Woodrow Wilson 28th President of USA (1913-1921) *World War One (1914-1918)

What events led to the Harlem Renaissance?

*The African American Great Migration (1916-1930)

Who were the important people of the Harlem Renaissance?

*W.E.B Du Bois (Writer)

Who were the important people of the Harlem Renaissance?

*Langston Hughes (Writer)

Who were the important people of the Harlem Renaissance?

*Zora Neale Hurston (Writer)

Who were the important people of the Harlem Renaissance?

*Marcus Garvey (Black Nationalist, Publisher, Journalist) (Founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association)

Who were the important people of the Harlem Renaissance?

*Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (Writer, Historian, Activist)

Who were the important people of the Harlem Renaissance?

*Claude McKay (Writer)

Who were the important people of the Harlem Renaissance?

*Bessie Smith (recorded some 160 Jazz songs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCrtErmipXE

Who were the important people of the Harlem Renaissance?

*Billie Holiday (Singer) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJuFxl0bxY

What was life like during the 1920’s Harlem Renaissance?

What was life like during the 1920’s Harlem Renaissance?

What was life like during the 1920’s Harlem Renaissance?

The Apollo Theater 1914-Present 125th Street The Cotton Club 1923-Present West 125th Street Savoy Ballroom 1926-1958 140th Street and Lenox Avenue

What is Harlem like today?

What is Harlem like today?

REFERENCES:

VIDEOS: *YouTube - Bessie Smith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCrtErmipXE *YouTube - Billie Holiday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJuFxl0bxY *YouTube- Maxine Sullivan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEgU1bEVflc BOOKS: *Selected Poems Langston Hughes 1902-1967 Vintage Books Edition May 1974 *Dear America: Color Me Dark The Diary of Nellie Lee Love The Great Migration North By: Patricia C. McKissack *Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance by Jim Haskins and Eleanora Tate *Harlem by Walter Dean Myers *Shaky Bones: A Story of the Harlem Renaissance *Celeste’s Harlem Renaissance by Eleanora Tate

Harlem Renaissance Assignment

This presentation is for 5 th grade and is intended to introduce the key people of the Harlem Renaissance. It serves as an introductory lesson to generate questions and ideas from the students. From this further research will be conducted on an individual or team basis. This unit will conclude by completing one of the performance tasks previously stated in the presentation. They are also pasted below for your convenience.

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Choose one person from the Harlem Renaissance to research. Find as many facts and details about their life. Write a narrative account from their point of view.

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Read a historical fiction book from the time period and present it to the class.

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Design a poster to invite people to Harlem. Use language from the time period as well as historical references to landmarks and important people.

4.

Write a song inspired by the Harlem Renaissance. It may be about a person, daily life during the renaissance, or an event that happened.

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Compare the similarities and differences of Harlem 1920s and Harlem today. Use writing and images to convey the similarities and differences.