Harlem Renaissance Note Taking Assignment
1920’s OLD American Lit textbook pgs 530-531 The Jazz Age Pick ONE of the following note taking styles to use- what works for you? Basic List Webbing Cornell See the following slides for examples of each style
Basic List Note Taking The 1920’s: The Jazz Age Prohibition -1919-Constitution outlawed sale and production of alcohol (pg 530) -Because of Prohibition: bootleggers, speakeasies, cocktails, flappers, jazz (pg 530), gangsters (pg 531) Women in the 1920s -1920-Women won right to vote (pg 531) Americans Abroad -Americans moved to France after WWI (pg 531) -Why? cheaper, exotic and luxurious, no Prohibition, lost hope in the first idea of the American Dream-America as an Eden (pg 531)
Webbing Note Taking 1919-Constitution outlawed sale and production of alcohol (pg 530) Because of Prohibition: bootleggers, speakeasies, cocktails, flappers, jazz (pg 530), gangsters (pg 531) Americans moved to France after WWI (pg 531) 1920-Women won right to vote (pg 531) Why? cheaper, exotic and luxurious, no Prohibition, lost hope in the first idea of the American Dream-America as an Eden (pg 531)
Cornell Notes Note Taking The 1920’s: The Jazz Age Prohibition What was it? What happened because of Prohibition? Women in the 1920’s Americans Abroad 1919-Constitution outlawed sale and production of alcohol (pg 530) Because of Prohibition: bootleggers, speakeasies, cocktails, flappers, jazz (pg 530), gangsters (pg 531) 1920-Women won right to vote (pg 531) Americans moved to France after WWI (pg 531) -Why? cheaper, exotic and luxurious, no Prohibition, lost hope in the first idea of the American Dream-America as an Eden (pg 531)
ASSIGNMENT OLD American Lit Textbook: pgs 534-535 The Harlem Renaissance: Voices of the African-American Experience pgs 734-735 The Harlem Renaissance pg 763 Literature and Music (The Blues) -Take notes on headings and the ideas that follow *Do NOT concentrate on specific people OR The Great Depression EXCEPT pg 734 (2nd paragraph) Hughes and Garvey Put the page # after each note you take in parentheses
Guided Notes Harlem Renaissance Poets Two types of poets and definition of each type When, where and why Harlem Renaissance took place Define Harlem Renaissance Why was this movement important for African-American’s? What HR authors’ writings focused on (10 things) Blues music When, where, why blues were created Main subject and universal themes of the blues Characteristics of blues music (4 things)