Junior IName______Hr.____

Intro to the Harlem Renaissance

Learning Targets (Goals for the day):

I can describe the main tenants of the Harlem Renaissance

DIRECTIONS: Using information from the PowerPoint, write down the answers to the following questions.

  1. What was the Harlem Renaissance?
  1. Where was this movement located (draw a picture to help you visualize).
  1. How does the Harlem Renaissance connect to the Great Migration?
  1. How did this impact history?

Study the picture for 2 minutes. Form an overall impression of the painting, then start to focus on individual details.

Questions to think about:

  • What do you see?
  • What people do you see?
  • What objects do you see?
  • What colors do you see?
  • What actions/activities do you see?
  • What questions does this painting raise in your mind?
  • How does this painting relate to the Harlem Renaissance?

The Harlem Renaissance: Presentations

Listening Reflection

1) Influential Person’s Name: ______

Notes about that person:

TITLE OF THE FAMOUS WORK/PERFORMANCE:______

•What is the tone or mood of the work?

•Why do you think the work/performance was created and for what audience?

•List two things in this presentationthat tell you about life in the United States during the Harlem Renaissance.

2) Influential Person’s Name: ______

Notes about that person:

TITLE OF THE FAMOUS WORK/PERFORMANCE:______

•What is the tone or mood of the work?

•Why do you think the work/performance was created and for what audience?

•List two things in this presentation that tell you about life in the United States during the Harlem Renaissance.

3) Influential Person’s Name: ______

Notes about that person:

TITLE OF THE FAMOUS WORK/PERFORMANCE:______

•What is the tone or mood of the work?

•Why do you think the work/performance was created and for what audience?

•List two things in this presentation that tell you about life in the United States during the Harlem Renaissance.

4) Influential Person’s Name: ______

Notes about that person:

TITLE OF THE FAMOUS WORK/PERFORMANCE:______

•What is the tone or mood of the work?

•Why do you think the work/performance was created and for what audience?

•List two things in this presentation that tell you about life in the United States during the Harlem Renaissance.

5) Influential Person’s Name: ______

Notes about that person:

TITLE OF THE FAMOUS WORK/PERFORMANCE:______

•What is the tone or mood of the work?

•Why do you think the work/performance was created and for what audience?

•List two things in this presentation that tell you about life in the United States during the Harlem Renaissance.

6) Influential Person’s Name: ______

Notes about that person:

TITLE OF THE FAMOUS WORK/PERFORMANCE:______

•What is the tone or mood of the work?

•Why do you think the work/performance was created and for what audience?

•List two things in this presentation that tell you about life in the United States during the Harlem Renaissance.

EXIT SLIP:

DIRECTIONS: Please complete these two questions before leaving class.

1. Write three tenants (beliefs) of the Harlem Renaissance.

1)______

2)______

3)______

2. Choose one influential person that a group presented on. How did his or her dream impact society as a whole during the Harlem Renaissance?