PART1:TheHarlemRenaissance

Definition:Throughoutthe1920s,HarlemexperiencedaculturalandintellectualexplosionthatbecameknownastheHarlemRenaissance.

Doc1:CultureboominHarlem.VideoTime.

Brainstorming:Describethephoto

a. WatchthevideoandsaywhenandwhyHarlembecameanAfrican-Americanculturalcentre.

b. ExplainwhattheHarlemRenaissancewasaboutandmakealistofthetypesofintellectuals,artistsandmusicianswhowerekeypartsofthemovement.

c. FindoutwhattheHarlemRenaissanceartistsfoughtagainstandtalkaboutthisevolution.

Doc2:Nightlife,ArchilbaldMotley,Jr.,1943

a. Lookatthedocumentandidentifywherethescenetakesplace.

b. Describemovementsandcolorsandcommentontheatmosphere.

c. ExplainhowthepaintingNightliferepresentstheHarlemRenaissance.

d. Whatwastheartist’saim?

Doc3:I,Too,LangstonHughes,1926

a. Readthepoem.Identifythespeakerandthemaintheme.b. Observethetenseofthe

verbsfroml.1tol.7.Whenisthistenseused?

c. Identifywho«they»refersto(l.3)andexplaintherelationshipbetween«I»and«they».Howdoesthisrelationevolveinthepoem?

d. Commentonthelastverse.

e. Listentothepoemontheblogandpractiserecitingit,payingattentiontorhythmandintonation.

LangstonHughes,workingasawaiter.