The Harlem Renaissance

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

1920 to Harlem Renaissance Defined Harlem Renaissance (HR) is the name given to the period from the end of World War I and through the middle of.

Advertisements

The Harlem Renaissance

Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 5 The Harlem Renaissance Objectives Analyze the racial and economic philosophies of Marcus Garvey. Trace.

O.A. Please read pages and answer the following questions:

Youth & The Lost Generation

The Roaring 20s: African American Culture

Langston Hughes Langston Hughes Early Life §was born February 1, 1902 §parents divorced when he was young §raised by his grandmother until age of 13.

Window Cleaning, 1935 “I refuse to compromise and see blacks as anything less than a proud and majestic people.” Aaron Douglas

Harlem Renaissance and you

The Harlem Renaissance ~ ~ “The Harlem Renaissance transformed African-American identity and history, but it also transformed American culture.

The Harlem Renaissance New York, New York Ashley Duell & Molly Smith.

Harlem Renaissance. Time period Late 1910’s- 1930’s, between the World Wars and into the Great Depression.

Harlem Renaissance Bellringer # 1 3/23/12 1.According to the “Build Background” section on page 835, why did Paul Laurence Dunbar write the poem, “Sympathy”?

The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance Harlem, a New York City neighborhood, was the center for the African American political, cultural, and artistic movement in the.

The Harlem Renaissance. What Was the Harlem Renaissance? A literary an artistic movement celebrating African American culture beginning in the 1920s.

Background information for A Raisin in the Sun

Topic: The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance BY:. In the renaissance time period the way a woman dresses showed her status in society. Bombast was the stuffing used in doublets.

Warm-up: Describe at least 3 things that helped create a national mass culture during the 1920s and explain how they accomplished this.

The Harlem Renaissance. A movement of African- American culture in literature, dance, music, and art during 1919 – mid- 1930s. Resulted from the Great.

The Harlem Renaissance

Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance, first  When you hear the word Harlem, what sort of things do you think of? (where is.

 Harlem Renaissance. What is it? The Harlem Renaissance was a flowering of African American culture which was expressed through –Paintings –Music –Dance.

A movement to recognize African American artists, musicians, dancers, and poets.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Harlem Renaissance.

Topics in Literature A junior/senior levelEnglish course at Irondale High School that explores the cultural and historical context of the Harlem Renaissance,

The Harlem Renaissance. Warm-Up What was the Great Migration? What is a renaissance?

13.4 The Harlem Renaissance. NAACP vs. Marcus Garvey NAACP (led by Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson) focused on making lynching a serious crime in the.

Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance

1920’s THE ARTS. Writers…  The Lost Generation  Group of writers that rejected material wealth  After suffering the horrors of WWI they didn’t fit.

Harlem Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance, pg. 29 Harlem Renaissance African-American Writers “Jazz Age” African-American Goals.

The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance A Time of Rebirth. What do They Have in Common? What do jazz and blues have in common with Alfred Brooks from The Contender? Answer:

Literary Period: Harlem Renaissance By: Madison Minor.

The Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance. The Great Migration From 1910 – 1930, African Americans moved away from the South and into the North East, Mid West and West – Escaping.

The Harlem Renaissance

{ The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance.   A movement of artists and activists who focused on African American culture and political issues.

 With the consumer revolution of the 1920s, American wages grew 30%, but the standard of living remained the same. This provided more disposable income.

13.3 and 13.4 Education, Pop Culture, and the Harlem Renaissance How did culture and attitudes change in the 1920s?

THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE Andrea, Cassie, Joni. STYLES 0 One popular style of writing used was Jazz: 0 This was a new thing for this time period and it was.

Significance of the Harlem Renaissance – Internet Activity Use the links on each slide to navigate to the desired web pages. Read each webpage and answer.

The Great Migration  Between 1910 and 1920, the Great Migration saw hundreds of thousands of African Americans move north to big cities  By 1920 over.

The Harlem Renaissance New York, New York Ashley Duell & Molly Smith.

Langston Hughes and the The Harlem Renaissance By Ian Ogden.

Harlem Renaissance. Movement North African American’s who headed north during the Great Migration of WW I hoped for two things – an escape from segregation.

1920s-1940s Harlem, New York City

DERICK THAMES Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was a literary movement that originated in Harlem, New York!

Harlem Renaissance music, art, literature,. Overview The Great Migration to Harlem The Great Migration to Harlem College – educated African Americans.

The Harlem Renaissance MR. MARINELLO * US HISTORY.

The Harlem Renaissance. Great Migration  Between 1920 and 1930, almost 750,000 African- Americans left the South and migrated to the North  More financial.

The Harlem Renaissance, Took place in Harlem, a section of New York City.

Ch. 7-5 The Harlem Renaissance. Why It Matters African Americans moved north Flowering of music and literature Jazz and the Harlem Renaissance Impact.

Harlem Renaissance. Beginnings African American cultural movement of the 1920s and early 1930s that was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York.

African-American conditions in 1920’s

Close Reading: The Harlem Renaissance

Unit 6: The Jazz Age The 1920’s Culture & Influential African Americans By: Mrs. Laren Carlton SS5H4: The student will describe U.S. involvement in World.

The Harlem Renaissance

1.- Explain who Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes were.

MAT B Harlem Renaissance WebQuest Beth Lloyd

Warm-up: Describe at least 3 things that helped create a national mass culture during the 1920s and explain how they accomplished this.

Warm-up: Describe at least 3 things that helped create a national mass culture during the 1920s and explain how they accomplished this.

Harlem renaissance.

#49 Ch 13 S 4 Details: Read & Notes Ch 13 S 4 _____________

The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance

Discovering the Harlem Renaissance Vocabulary

Presentation transcript:

The Harlem Renaissance ART Gallery Walk

Film Clip: Harlem Renaissance Discussion Question: What was the Harlem Renaissance and what was it’s significance?

What is it? The outpouring of African American art, music and literature during the 1920s.

Who was involved? African Americans Examples: Langston Hughes: best known poet of his time, wrote about the lives of working class blacks Zora Neale Hurston: African American author, wrote several books about the lives of blacks Marcus Garvey: encouraged African Americans to go “back to Africa” to find justice and equality

Where did it occur? Harlem, New York

When did it happen? From about 1920-1930 .

Why is it important? The Harlem Renaissance transformed African-American identity and history, but it also transformed American culture in general. Never before had so many Americans read the thoughts of African-Americans and embraced the African-American community's productions, expressions, and style.

ART Gallery Walk Directions You will be completing a gallery walk of the art and music of the Harlem Renaissance. First, walk around the entire room viewing all the art, poetry and literature. Also, take notice of the music playing in the background. Then choose SIX of your favorite pieces (including music) and complete the questions on your worksheet for each.

Directions; When the teacher calls on you, use one of the sentence frames to complete the sentence. Level 1: My favorite piece of art was __________ by ______________ because ________________. Level 2: The art of __________ and _________ were similar because ______________________. Level 2: The art of __________ and _________ were different because _____________________. Level 3: The Harlem Renaissance was significant because ________________________. Wrap-Up Whip-Around

The Harlem Renaissance Who Was involved? _____________ __________________ Examples: Langston _________best known poet of his time, wrote about the lives of _______ class blacks Zora Neale Hurston: African American ___________, wrote several books about the lives of blacks Marcus Garvey: encouraged African Americans to go “______ to _______” to find justice and ____________. What is it? The outpouring of _______________________ American art, _____________ and literature during the _______s. Where did it happen? __________________________________________________________ Why is it important? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When did it happen ? __________________________________________________________

The Harlem Renaissance Art Gallery Walk Directions: Choose your six favorite pieces of art , poetry, literature or music and complete the questions below. Title of Art _____________________________ Type of Art ____________________________ Artist __________________________________ Describe this piece of art or music. 2. How does this piece of art make you feel? 3. What do you think is the artist trying to express in this piece of art?