"Gather Out of Star-Dust" at Yale University's Beinecke Library is a building-wide exhibition of over 300 rare artifacts from the Harlem Renaissance.
26 slides, full of details. My introduction to the Harlem Renaissance in Modernism. I teach literature, but this project works cross curricular-ly with social studies, journalism, political science, art and music. Here in this presentation I have detailed examples of how to present the project that students will create. They will choose one of the many famous contributors to the Harlem Renaissance time period. I showcase Langston Hughes, and I have embedded videos that are concise and poignant. One includes a reading of a Hughes poem by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I also have found a contemporary musician who I think embodies the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance. One of the requirements of the research project is to make a modern day connection. So I introduce the musician here and show some of her live performances, and also detail how her specific lyrics seem to capture the same motifs of the Harlem Renaissance period. Then I ask students to make the same level of detailed connections with whomever they choose. Project includes tons of student ownership, application and flexibility. *Please see also my detailed 100 point rubric which details how to grade the project, based on 5 categories. Rubric Here *Also I made a Harlem Renaissance specific active listening guide to get students to the level of metacognition, and to motivate them to stay awake during their classmates' presentations :) Listening Guide Here Do you teach The Great Gatsby? No-prep 10 station introduction activity HERE. Gatsby Google Forms Here. All Inclusive East Egg Resort Package HERE. Gatsby Test and Key here. A few other American Lit favorites: Emily Dickinson unit HERE. Edgar Allan Poe 50 question guide & KEY to go with a documentary that is free on Youtube. See my ELA Test Prep Eligible Content review activity HERE. Here is a test and key I use for AP Lang or any upper level ELA class. 10 ELA Test Practice multiple choice sections with automated answer feedback: HERE. Prufrock google presentation (80+ slides) with a stanza-by-stanza analysis and coordinating images of the poem. Prufrock Writing Activity If like using songs and music to teach ELA, I've created a full course elective called "The Literature of Music" here or click through some of the individual units: Dueling Ballads Murder Ballads Graphic Organizer for Analyzing Songs Youtube Ambience Blackout Poetry Lana Del Rey Music is Poetry The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald The Dark Side of Oz The Phantom of the Opera The Rhetoric of Music Unit I'm Obsessed with this Song Youtube Ambience Poetry Activity Lyrics as Poetry Assignment and Rubric Classic 1970s songs Elvis Movie Soundtrack Assignment 2 Songwriters who are Poets Podcast Unit The 2 Most Lyrics Mashup Patchwork Quilt U2 Running to Stand Still Update My Playlist Lyrics that are LIES Any questions? Just ask and I will respond promptly. Find over 250 time-saving resources In My Store Here. Follow me to receive one email with one free resource a month! Find me on Instagram @teachingwithdebbie or my blog.
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From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance--paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators. For centuries, accomplished women--of all races--have fallen out of the historical records. The same is true for gifted, prolific, women poets of the Harlem Renaissance who are little known, especially as compared to their male counterparts. In this poetry collection, bestselling author Nikki Grimes uses "The Golden Shovel" poetic method to create wholly original poems based on the works of these groundbreaking women-and to introduce readers to their work. Each poem is paired with one-of-a-kind art from today's most exciting female African-American illustrators: Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Nina Crews, Pat Cummings, Laura Freeman, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Ebony Glenn, April Harrison, Vashti Harrison, Ekua Holmes, Cathy Ann Johnson, Keisha Morris, Daria Peoples-Riley, Andrea Pippins, Erin Robinson, Shadra Strickland, Nicole Tadgell, and Elizabeth Zunon. Legacy also includes a foreword, an introduction to the history of the Harlem Renaissance, author's note, and poet biographies, which make this a wonderful resource and a book to cherish. DETAILS ISBN-13: 9781681199443Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's BooksPublication Date: January 5, 2021Pages: 144
A range of artworks and writings -- by members of the Harlem Art Collective aka HART and the East Harlem community -- on the theme No Rezoning, No Displacement, No Gentrification have made their way onto the Guerrilla Gallery on East 116th Street. The image pictured above -- painted by Kristy McCarthy aka DGale and Zerk Oer -- features a color-coded map with median prices of real estate sales and incomes of East Harlem residents, illustrating how increasingly difficult it is for working-class folks to afford to live in their own community. Several more images follow: The following two images -- featuring actual people who live in the neighborhood, including the homeless man who sleeps in front of the Guerrilla Gallery every night and the woman who sells tamales on the corner -- were painted collaboratively by Rosi Mendoza, Maire Mendoza, Marisa Steffers, Harold Baines, Samuelson Mathew, O'Sheena Smith, Michael Mitchell, Amar Bennett, Shani [...]
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social and artistic explosion that centered in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s, pushing creative boundaries for self-expression to new and exciting heights. Our own original illustrations on the cover and inside the journal pay homage with portrayals of the musicians, artists, and luminaries who helped to build this thriving movement. Included are Duke Ellington on the piano, singer Billie Holiday with signature gardenia tucked behind her ear, Dizzy Gillespie and his trumpet, Josephine Baker in her infamous banana skirt, writer Langston Hughes looking stylish in his fedora, Cab Calloway depicted as a top-hatted bandleader and flapper girls at the iconic and legendary Savoy Ballroom.Hand-bound with exceptional attention to craftsmanship, the cover is made of soft vegan leather in black with distinctive gold foil detailing. Each journal features our own original illustrations, 300 lined pages with elegant gilded edges, a crimson satin ribbon bookmark and elastic book closure.
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Your students will feel as if they stepped back in time to the Harlem Renaissance with this engaging activity. To begin, students will be introduced to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s with a short film clip and lecture. They will take notes on the creative lecture notes template provided. Print ...
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African American sculptor, teacher, and advocate for black artists Augusta Savage was born Augusta Christine Fell in Green Cove Springs, Florida on February 29, 1892, the child of Edward Fells, a laborer and Methodist minister, and Cornelia Murphy. Her daughter, Irene Connie Moore, was born … Read MoreAugusta Savage (1892-1962)
The Harlem Renaissance was the Golden Age of African-American culture in the United States. Find out more about this Renaissance
Third grade focused on the Harlem Renaissance and the collages of Romare Bearden during February for Black a History Month. We learned first about Black History and focused on the Harlem Renaissance. We then looked at the collages of Romare Bearden and talked about how he was greatly influenced by the Harlem Renaissance. We looked at his collages of jazz bands and talked about how popular jazz was during the Harlem Renaissance. After that I passed out a large sheet of drawing paper. I played jazz music for the class and had them make lines on their papers with crayon that went along with the music. Like their crayons were dancing to the music. I changed the music every two minutes and had them change their crayon color to get a good variety of lines. The next class we did a watercolor resist over the lines to create our backgrounds for the collage. Next, I handed out a handout with clip art images of jazz instruments. The students used the images to choose an instrument to draw. They drew each part of the instrument out on tissue paper and cut it out and made a collage on their backgrounds. They added detail with marker. This is one of my favorite projects so far.
Get ready to inspire your middle school art students with a captivating Charles McGee sculpture project for Black History Month. This all-inclusive lesson boosts creativity, explores modern art, and offers multiple engaging options. Make teaching art history exciting and stress-free with this comprehensive resource!
Introduce and review people and concepts relating to the Harlem Renaissance with this engaging word search puzzle worksheet. Puzzles make fun no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, classroom themes, and sub files. The 27 hidden vocabulary words are: African American, Armstrong, Art Deco, Cotton Club, Cullen, Ellington, Garvey, Harlem, Hughes, Innovation, Jazz Age, Literature, Locke, Manhattan, Modernism, Music, New Negro, New York City, Paris, Philosophy, Rebirth, Renaissance, Smith, Surrealism, Theater, Twenties, and Zoot Suit. The words are hidden in all directions and there may be some overlaps making this a challenging word search. Two versions of the puzzle are included. One has the colored illustration that you see here and the other has a black outlined illustration (which saves on printing costs and gives puzzlers something to color in). Solution included. Save yourself a ton of time and always have something to engage your students at the ready with these related resources: • Langston Hughes Word Search • Roaring Twenties Word Search • Prohibition Word Search • FREE Famous African Americans Word Search We love FEEDBACK! And you earn CREDITS! • Log in to your Teachers Pay Teachers account. • Click on the drop down menu “My TpT”. • Select “My Purchases”. • Choose ratings and leave feedback. • Know that we love you for it! ♥ ♥ ♥ Puzzles to Print guarantees you the highest quality crosswords, word finds, cryptograms, Sudoku and number puzzles available.
The Roaring Twenties was a period of economic prosperity and social, artistic, and cultural opulence which occurred in the wake of World War 1. The Roaring Twenties witnessed large-scale development of technologies such as the automobile, telephone, movies, and radio. The Roaring Twenties saw the rise of jazz, the blues,…
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Want to hook your students on Harlem Renaissance poetry?! This engaging 10-question "quiz" challenges students to determine if lines are from hip hop lyrics or Harlem Renaissance poetry. Your students will be stumped on these lines, which feature favorite poets like Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen as well as well-known hip hop artists like Jay-Z and Tupac! Like this product? It's BUNDLED for savings here: Harlem Renaissance Growing Bundle
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Celebrate Black History Month with our collection of clip art featuring leaders of the Harlem Renaissance! Perfect for use in elementary school projects, these images showcase the creativity and innovation of the Harlem Renaissance movement. Our clip art features prominent figures such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington, and many more! Teach your students that Black is Powerful. Black is Beautiful. And, that Black Lives Matter! This set contains the images shown. This collection is comprised of 36 full-color and BW images. All images are placed on a transparent background. Each image is available in full color and BW. Images included are: Artists: Aaron Douglas Augusta Savage Lois Mailou Jones Jacob Lawrence Writers: Langston Hughes Countee Cullen Claude McKay Zora Neale Hurston Singers: Billie Holiday Ma Rainey Josephine Baker Bessie Smith Florence Mills Musicians: Dizzie Gillespie Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong Cab Calloway Fats Waller Images are PNG files saved at 300dpi. For personal or commercial use. General Terms of Use: By downloading this set, you agree to single-user. It may not be freely shared or sold, but please do recommend us to your colleagues! Credit must be provided to our store when using images commercially by including our logo and a link to our TPT store within your product information. Please refer to our complete TOU included with your download. Connect with us on Instagram for more ideas! © 2023 Pages for the People. All Right Reserved Keywords: Harlem Renaissance, Black History Month, Clip Art, Elementary School, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington,
This cross curricular unit started with a question: How can I incorporate printmaking in my art class without a printing press and without the budget to buy linoleum or carving tools? Printmaking has always been my weak area in my teaching game. I’ve always felt like it’s a lot of extra work for unpredictable results. Forgive me, printmakers!!!! As an artist, I prefer to draw …
First and second graders learned about artist Romare Bearden. Bearden lived in Harelm during the birth of the jazz age. Many of his mixed me...
The Harlem Renaissance was the Golden Age of African-American culture in the United States. Find out more about this Renaissance
The Hunter Museum of American Art includes 100 years of architectures and the most complete collection of American art in the Southeast.
In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.
This cross curricular unit started with a question: How can I incorporate printmaking in my art class without a printing press and without the budget to buy linoleum or carving tools? Printmaking has always been my weak area in my teaching game. I’ve always felt like it’s a lot of extra work for unpredictable results. Forgive me, printmakers!!!! As an artist, I prefer to draw …
This engaging activity on the Harlem Renaissance includes 23 pages on major authors, artists, and musicians of the era along with readings, primary sources, graphic organizers, and more! A teacher directions page explains several different options for using the materials in a stations lesson plan on...
