1 part 1 the harlem renaissance worksheet
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PART1:TheHarlemRenaissance
Definition:Throughoutthe1920s,HarlemexperiencedaculturalandintellectualexplosionthatbecameknownastheHarlemRenaissance.
Doc1:CultureboominHarlem.VideoTime.
Brainstorming:Describethephoto
a. WatchthevideoandsaywhenandwhyHarlembecameanAfrican-Americanculturalcentre.
b. ExplainwhattheHarlemRenaissancewasaboutandmakealistofthetypesofintellectuals,artistsandmusicianswhowerekeypartsofthemovement.
c. FindoutwhattheHarlemRenaissanceartistsfoughtagainstandtalkaboutthisevolution.
Doc2:Nightlife,ArchilbaldMotley,Jr.,1943
a. Lookatthedocumentandidentifywherethescenetakesplace.
b. Describemovementsandcolorsandcommentontheatmosphere.
c. ExplainhowthepaintingNightliferepresentstheHarlemRenaissance.
d. Whatwastheartist’saim?
Doc3:I,Too,LangstonHughes,1926
a. Readthepoem.Identifythespeakerandthemaintheme.b. Observethetenseofthe
verbsfroml.1tol.7.Whenisthistenseused?
c. Identifywho«they»refersto(l.3)andexplaintherelationshipbetween«I»and«they».Howdoesthisrelationevolveinthepoem?
d. Commentonthelastverse.
e. Listentothepoemontheblogandpractiserecitingit,payingattentiontorhythmandintonation.
LangstonHughes,workingasawaiter.