1. Harlem Renaissance Webquest

2. Introduction In the early 1900s, in a movement known as the Great Migration, many African Americans moved to the north to escape racist laws and poverty in the hopes of making a better life for themselves. There were more job opportunities in the north, and the promises were limitless. 1920s, Harlem was the focal point for African American culture. By this point, there were over 100,000 people living per square foot in Harlem! The streets were filled with jazz music, painters, and photographers. Artists, musicians, and writers from Harlem began to come on the scene as important figures for portraying African American culture. Harlem is still filled with excitement today. If you listen closely, you can still here Ella Fitzgerald singing the blues, and the dribble of the Harlem Globetrotters' basketballs. Even today, you can still read poetry by Langston Hughes and books by Walter Dean Myers, two of Harlem's great writers. +job opportunitiesfilled

3. Task Read and take notes to learn about Harlem. Learn it well, because you will be teaching your peers!

4. Process  Choose the three influencing factors that you believe were the most important. What factors do you think were crucial for the rise of the Harlem Renaissance? What inspired the artists the most?  Create a concept map illustrating these influences. Be sure to say why these factors were important; give specific examples from history and from the text. Now, start to think about the artists' influences. Keep in mind what you have already read. Look a little deeper into the situation at the time. What factors made the Harlem Renaissance possible? What kept the artists going? The following are a list of influences to consider:start music (especially blues and jazz) the political situation in the US the economic situation in the US the Great Migration the rise of black intellectuals race riots location of Harlem "Back to Africa" movement Your concept map may look like the following:

6. Links  http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/harlem- renaissance.jsp http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/harlem- renaissance.jsp  http://www.timbooktu.com/spence/harlem.htm http://www.timbooktu.com/spence/harlem.htm  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9idqeiACqn4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9idqeiACqn4  http://www.ehow.com/facts_5589297_impact-harlem- renaissance-american-culture.htmlhttp://www.ehow.com/facts_5589297_impact-harlem- renaissance-american-culture.html  http://www.ushistory.org/us/46e.asp http://www.ushistory.org/us/46e.asp  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_harlem. html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_harlem. html  http://www.jcu.edu/harlem/index.htm***** http://www.jcu.edu/harlem/index.htm

7. Evaluation Rubric for evaluating Map will be provided.