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Harlem Renaissance Unit PlanHarlem Renaissance Unit Plan
Publisher
Oklahoma City of Museum Art
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Year
2009
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Harlem Renaissance

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Individuals expressed the Harlem Renaissance in diverse forms of art, ranging from poetry to photography to painting. Learners explore pieces using a carefully curated collection from the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Included lessons ask scholars to make a quilt of famous artists and writers and analyze various pieces using discussion questions. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the harlem renaissance, harlem, painting, painting techniques, poetry, poetry analysis, jazz music, african american history, african american culture, famous african americans, famous artists

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a classroom scavenger hunt using curated images from the Harlem Renaissance
  • Integrate one of the lessons to analyze a poem or create a mask similar to those of the Harlem Renaissance

Classroom Considerations

  • Resource is intended as a guide for visiting the Harlem Renaissance exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, but it works as a standalone as well

Pros

  • Resource includes an extensive collection of visual art and literature from the Harlem Renaissance
  • Lessons are easy to integrate into other instruction or as a whole unit

Cons

  • Not all resource links work

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.4 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.9 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.4 RH.11-12.6 RH.11-12.9 RH.11-12.10

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