Harlem Renaissance TII

Harlem Renaissance TII

What do you know about the Harlem Renaissance?

Poll

What do you know about the Harlem Renaissance Period

• I know everything

• I know basic information

• I know Nothing

Multiple Choice

The northern Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem was meant to be an upper-class white neighborhood.

• True

• False

The Great Migration

1916-1970

Historian Yohuru Williams explains what you need to know to sound smart about the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the North after the Civil War.

Poll

What was the Great Migration?

• African Americans moving from the south to the north and west

• Between 1910-1940 1.5 million African Americans migrated from the south to northern cities

• The first migration wave to the north sparked the Harlem or Black Renaissance

Let's look at Harlem during the Renaissance Period.

The map on the next page details prominent places during that time.

Take out a pencil and scratch paper and write down what you see on the map.

Open Ended

What points of interest did you see when you looked at the map?

Poll

What were effects of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca

• New identities for Blacks nationally

• Racial cooperation and artistic exchange

• Group expression

Now it's your turn to take a closer look

Actors during the Harlem Renaissance

Schoology - Asynchronous Assignment

Group Project

Project Objectives

• Biography Intro using a minimum of (2) sources

• Contributions to the Harlem Renaissance using a minimum of (2) Sources

• Struggles, Challenges, Difficulties

• Awards, Accolades, Honors

• Images, both candid and professional

• Closing group thought about your actor - 1 sentence that sums up his/her contributions and life

• Sources - including urls for websites and images

Additional Guidance and Requirements

• Use the PPT template included - Only 1 team member open the template and then share with the other team members to allow everyone access and to collaborate on the work together. Bounce ideas off of each other, etc...

• Use the "Design" feature to create a visually stimulating presentation.  

• Consider adding music, transitions and effects.

• Each group member will present a section or sections of the presentation.  

Due Date

Friday, February 12

Presentations will begin on that day at 11:00 am

You will have 15 minutes at the beginning of the class to get organized.

Completed PPT must be posted to Schoology by 11:00 am on Friday, the 12th.

Break out Rooms are set up in Teams according your Group number

Meet with your group and development your plan of action and start researching and creating.

Return to the Whole Group at 11:45 for closing