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The United States in the 1920s: The New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance PPTThe United States in the 1920s: The New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance PPT
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CHPCS
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9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Duration
1 hr
Number of Slides
24
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The United States in the 1920s: The New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance

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Music, writing, and activism all tell the story of history! The resource uses these elements and more in a presentation to discuss the Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance. Your class views biographies, discusses important events, and analyzes primary sources.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the harlem renaissance, world war i, post world war i, the naacp, marcus garvey, black history month, duke ellington, louis armstrong, w.e.b. du bois, langston hughes, the great migration, jazz music

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide learners with graphic organizers to take notes 
  • Give scholars a research project to study each figure in more depth

Classroom Considerations

  • Take into account the sensitivity of some topics to class members

Pros

  • Builds primary resource skills
  • Increases interdisciplinary learning of history, culture, music, and the arts
  • Includes review questions for the end of the presentation

Cons


Common Core

RH.9-10.7 RH.11-12.7

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