1. Bellringer
Get a mid assessment sheet from front of room. Without using your notes answer questions 1-9.

2. The Harlem Renaissance
QC Standards: Identify and evaluate the impact of new cultural movements on American society in the 1920s LEARNING TARGETS U6T8 - I can describe the circumstances of African Americans in the early 1900s. U6T9 - I can explain how the circumstances of African Americans led to the Harlem Renaissance. U6T10 - I can give examples of artists, poets, and musicians of the Harlem Renaissance. U6T11 - I can describe the impact of the Harlem Renaissance.

3. Reading – letter to The Crisis
Who do you think the writer could be?
What sort of riot is she describing?
When might it have taken place?
“The Crisis” was an NAACP publication which, along with WEB Dubois, helped bring the Harlem Renaissance to life.

4. Percentage of African Americans in the Total population of the United States - 1890

5. Why move north?
Basic civil rights were denied African Americans in the South and their lives were often in danger.
Wages in the South were low and working conditions poor.
Education possibilities in the South were limited for African Americans.
Opportunities for African Americans to achieve prominence were greater in the North
Jobs were growing rapidly in Northern factories because of war production.

6. What pattern does African American settlement follow in NYC?7 8 6 5
The “Trek Northward”
What pattern does African American settlement follow in NYC?
Give students “The Trek Northward” a map of Manhattan and most of New York City, then ask them to determine where and when African Americans lived there. They should be able to determine that their introduction was into lower Manhattan in the mid-nineteenth century, and that there was a slow migration northward to Greenwich Village, midtown, and the San Juan Hill area southwest of Central Park by the turn of the century, and finally that there was a jump over the park to Harlem (first in 1905) in substantial numbers by Continue to relate the lesson to today’s world by asking students what they know about
Harlem now and why they think African Americans developed this largely homogeneous community. Point out the advantages that such a cultural support system
has while people get accustomed to a new way of life, and that the tight cultural community in Harlem was vital to the growth of the Harlem Renaissance. 4 2 1 3

7. After WW1
Soldiers and nurses who had gone abroad during World War I returned home angry and frustrated that white strangers in Europe treated them with greater equality than did white Americans
Increasing numbers of young African Americans had become better educated and better informed since migrating to the North.

8. “Save” from The Crisis, 1918
What action does the NAACP advise African Americans to take?
What reason does it give that is directly related to World War One?
What reason is directly related to conditions for African Americans?
How would you expect people to feel if they had sacrificed to fight in World War One, but were not treated with respect afterward?
[Document 1–N]
“The Crisis” was an NAACP publication which, along with WEB Dubois, helped bring the Harlem Renaissance to life.

9. Harlem Renaissance
Renaissance is a rebirth /awakening - a time when the arts flourish
Harlem became a center for creativity.
It was a place where the most talented black artists came to express their African American experiences through their craft.
There was a desire on the part of these artists to share their life stories from their African roots to their lives in the South and in the North. At a time when racism and social and political injustices were part of the fabric of American society, these artists through their work expressed a strong cultural pride and a burning desire for Political and social equality.)
NAACP
The Great Migration
Tension in Cities
Harlem Renaissance
The Crisis

10. James Weldon Johnson’s 1933 description of the Harlem Renaissance Harlem was made known as the scene of laughter, singing, dancing......Writers flocked [gathered] there; many came from far, and depicted [showed] it in many ways and in many languages. They still come; the Harlem of story and song still fascinates them.

11. Poetry – Langston Hughes
Good Morning by Langston Hughes
What would you say is the mood of the poem? How does it make you feel?
What dreams did new arrivals in Harlem bring with them?
What obstacles did they face "at the gate"?
Harlem
4. Why was Langston Hughes afraid the "dream" would be deferred?
5. What did he imagine the consequences might be?
I Too
6. What message is Langston Hughes giving in this poem and what does it tell us about attitudes towards African Americans?
7. Does the poem offer hope for a brighter future for African Americans?

12. Use the images posted around the room to complete the chart provided.
Paintings
Use the images posted around the room to complete the chart provided.
In Jacob Lawrence’s parents migrated to Harlem. He was 13 years old.
City life provided him with an endless supply of things and people to paint.

13. Jacob Lawrence –
Man on a Scaffold

14. Jacob Lawrence - 'The Seamstress'

16. William H. Johnson "Street Life, Harlem"

17. Harlem Renaissance - music
Jazz was very much a part of the culture in cities like New Orleans, Chicago and Harlem.
Harlem in the 1920 and 1930s fostered the environment in which African Americans drew upon their rich culture and traditions to create new musical forms .
Many great musicians in Harlem at this often performed at the Cotton Club, the Savoy Ballroom and the Apollo Theater.
Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald were among the most well known but Louis Armstrong is often credited as being the world’s greatest jazz musician of all time.
The Cotton Club and The Savoy - African-Americans were allowed as entertainers but not as guests

18. Harlem Renaissance - Music
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. Louis Armstrong Bessie Smith (Blues)

19. Predict what might have ended the cultural life of Harlem.
Wrap - Up
Predict what might have ended the cultural life of Harlem.
What factors actually caused the end of the Harlem Renaissance?
(The Great Depression when both Americans and African Americans were struggling to find food for their families and looking for jobs.)

20. Exit Slip
Choose ONE learning target for today and write 2-3 sentences to fully explain your understanding of it: U6T8 - I can describe the circumstances of African Americans in the early 1900s U6T9 - I can explain how the circumstances of African Americans led to the Harlem Renaissance. U6T10 - I can give examples of artists, poets, and musicians of the Harlem Renaissance. U6T11 - I can describe the impact of the Harlem Renaissance.