1. Key Questions and Objectives
Curriculum Model Canvas: Harlem Renaissance Project (3MP)
Feedback for Students
Skills Exercised
Key Questions and Objectives
Teacher-Student Interactions
Assessments
Writing: in-class, research presentation, test
Researching sources: assessing, synthesizing, and footnoting (citations)
Presenting: eye contact, voice, body language + content, interest (engagement), clarity – the creative work: poem, painting, story, play, screenplay, essay, song, article, etc.
Digital literacy: Blog posts embedded with video/Slideshare/Prezi/images/links
Creating original work inspired by the student’s key figure
Citation
Autonomy & Intellectual Curiosity
What are the core understandings and central topics?
Students will select a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance (HR) in order to gain a deeper understanding of the period. Students will present their research orally as well as digitally. They will also produce a creative work in the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance.
What was the Harlem Renaissance? Why Harlem? Why ?
What is the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance?
What role did Jazz/Art/Literature play in the Harlem Renaissance?
Through student research, presentation, and collaboration, students will learn about the Harlem Renaissance via biographies of key figures.
What are the multiple ways students will find out how they are doing?
Google Moderator – questions and quotes
Preliminary Quiz – Who’s Who? – low stakes
After introduction and selection process and early research
In class essay –
teacher comments on writing
peer share – 2 readers
Research Presentation –
Peer review + note-taking
Feedback on Creative Work
Final Test –
Created by students via study guide
3 key points
1 passage of writing by or about the figure
Plus example of work of art, literature, song/lyric, etc.
Discussion – Unit Introduction
Selection Process
1-1 review 10 questions that student wants to answer
Writing conference after in-class essay (while students research independently)
Review presentation feedback
Review creative work
What will the students be doing to demonstrate their learning to you?
What assessments will best help students meet your objectives?
Preliminary Quiz – Who’s Who? Low-stakes – serves as study guide
In-Class Essay: Harlem Renaissance – see key questions
Presentations – Peer Feedback
Creative work: poem, painting, story, play, screenplay, essay, song, article, etc. (Peer Graded - Honors, Passed, Failed) – shared via blog post
Citation Check – presentation, blog, etc.
Contribution to study guide -
Final Test -
Content
Student-Student Interactions
Curated? Created? By whom?
I will introduce the period – then students will research, curate, and present the content (orally and digitally):
Jazz - recommended listening
- Biography of key figures in Harlem Renaissance- History/Arts/Music/Literature
- Social Change
 Poetry: Claude McKay,“If We Must Die” (1919)
Langston Hughes, “Jazzonia” (1923) “Harlem” (1951)
: Plus more …
How will they collaborate? How will they connect?
sharing sources, quotes, and questions – via discussion and Google moderator
Peer Feedback –
After in-class essay – read and discuss in small groups.
After presentations – Google Hangout Air – recorded groups of 3 or 4. Q&A
Creative work – written feedback.
Collaborating and creating Test Study Guide
Feedback for Teacher
Grading
Instructional Design
How will you gather evidence of the lesson’s success?
Quality of student research and presentations should be evident.
Student questionnaire asking for feedback: What did you learn from this lesson? What did you enjoy? What would you change?
What will you be grading? How often? How will grades be communicated to students?
Graded: In-class essay, presentation/research, final test.
Points: for hitting deadlines for each step, for participation in discussion (in class and online), for test study guide.
Honors/Pass/Fail for creative work.
How will you build this lesson so learning paths are clear? What tools will you use to aid in effective design?
- CANVAS to organize the steps for this unit with additional info on a Google Site.
Google Moderator will share links to student presentation/research on student blogs.
Google Hangout Air to record student feedback on peers presentation/research.