1. Harlem renaissance poetry
AJ Basa, Randee Elamparo, Jacob Dagdagan, & Adrien Magpantay
Period 2

2. Harlem Renaissance poetry defined
African American Culture movement to express themselves
Cultural movement also known as the New Negro Movement
Took place in the first half of the 20th century
Centered in the city Harlem of New York
-Not only a poetry movement but also includes:
- Jazz, painting, dancing, and music
Post World-War I
A time when African-Americans moved from the poor South to the much more Industrial North (Great Migration)
Poetry was used during this movement to cultivate a new cultural identity and voice for African Americans

3. Techniques and themes Techniques Themes
Used rhythms of African American music into poems of ghetto life. (ex: Langston Hughes)
Use of Sonnets to attack racial violence. (ex: Claude McKay)
Some writers would use the structure of blues song with repetition.
Some used Black/African American dialect.
Themes
Challenges racism and stereotypes of African Americans.
To celebrate the newfound interest in the African American Culture for the first time.
Life & Hardships
Skin Colors and Race

4. Claude mckay (1889-1948) Sept. 15, 1889 – May 22, 1948
Born in ‬Jamaica
At age 7 he went to live with his oldest brother who was a teacher
McKay read a lot of  philosophy, science, theology, classical and British literature,
Started writing poetry at age 10
Left for US in 1912 to attend Tuskegee Institute
During his time in US, McKay became involved with black radicals
Formed a revolutionary organization called the African Blood Brotherhood

5. Notable Works Songs of Jamaica (1912) Constab Ballads (1912)
America (1921)
The Dialect Poetry of Claude McKay (1972)
The Passion of Claude McKay (1973) 

6. Langston Hughes ( )
His parents divorced when he was a young child and his father moved to Mexico so he was raised by his grandmother until he was thirteen
After graduating high school, he spent a year in Mexico, then a year at Columbia university in New York. 
In November, 1924, Hughes wrote his first book of poetry, The Weary Blues
He claimed his influences to be Paul Laurence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman
Hughes refused to write about personal experiences, but he wrote to reflect African Americans actual culture: including suggerring, culture and love for music.
He died due to a complication of prostate cancer may 22, 1967

7. Notable works Let America Be America Again Dream Deferred
Mother to Son
Justice

8. Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
Born from a slave family in Dayton, Ohio; Mother: Matilda, Father: Joshua
Only active African American student in high school, as editor of school newspaper and class president
William Dean Howells published Dunbar’s work, “Majors and Minors”
Use of Negro Dialect made him the first well known accepted African American writer
Work is known for its conversational tone and colorful language, with brilliant rhetorical structure
Died of Tuberculosis in Dayton

9. Notable works
A Black-Log Song
A Banjo Song
A Choice
Morning

10. Countee cullen ( )
Born in New York City and raised in a Methodist parsonage (church house).
He began writing poetry at the age of 14.
In 1922, he attended New York University.
His poems were published in The Crisis, which was led by the famous W.E.B Du Bois.
He was resistant to the new poetic techniques of the Modernists.

11. Notable Works
Color
Copper Sun
The Ballad of the Brown Girl
Incident

12. artwork

13. AP style writing prompts
1.Carefully read the following poem by Claude McKay. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how Dunbar conveys the relationship between the Americans and African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance through the use of figurative language and other poetic techniques.
2. Read carefully the following poem by Countee Cullen. Then write an essay analyzing how Cullen employs literary techniques to develop the complex meanings that the speaker attributes to the time era. You may wish to consider such elements as structure, imagery, and tone.
3. Read carefully the following poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Then write an essay analyzing how Dunbar employs literary techniques to develop the complex meanings that the speaker attributes to the time period of the Harlem Renaissance. You may wish to consider such elements as structure, imagery, and tone.

14. Interactive poetry lesson
Write a poem using the writing styles similar to those during the Harlem Renaissance using the following topics:
1) Racism
2) Bullying
3) War
AT LEAST 3 VOLUNTEERS!!!!

15. quiz Which genre of music did the Harlem Renaissance mostly impact?
A)Jazz/Blues
B)Country
C)Rap
D)Folk

16. Which genre of music did the Harlem Renaissance mostly impact?
A)Jazz/Blues
B)Country
C)Rap
D)Folk

17. What other ideas contributed to the Harlem Renaissance besides poetry?
A) Farm work, Babysitting, and House Cleaning
B) Painting, Dancing, and Music
C) Eating, Sleeping, and Watching TV
D) Walking a Dog, Walking a Cat, Walking a Lion

18. What other ideas contributed to the Harlem Renaissance besides poetry?
A) Farm work, Babysitting, and House Cleaning
B) Painting, Dancing, and Music
C) Eating, Sleeping, and Watching TV
D) Walking a Dog, Walking a Cat, Walking a Lion

19. What are some of the possible themes in a Harlem Renaissance poem?
A) Challenges racism and stereotypes of African Americans.
B) To celebrate the newfound interest in the African American Culture for the first time.
C) Life & Hardships
D) Skin Colors and Race
E) All of the Above

20. What are some of the possible themes in a Harlem Renaissance poem?
A) Challenges racism and stereotypes of African Americans.
B) To celebrate the newfound interest in the African American Culture for the first time.
C) Life & Hardships
D) Skin Colors and Race
E) All of the Above

21. In Langston Hughes’ Poem “A Dream Deferred”, what literary device is used throughout the poem?
A) Hyperbole
B) Metaphor
C) Simile
D) Repetition
E) All of the Above

22. In Langston Hughes’ Poem “A Dream Deferred”, what literary device is used throughout the poem?
A) Hyperbole
B) Metaphor
C) Simile
D) Repetition
E) All of the Above

23. resources http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/25