Song of the Towers: January 30, 2020

Focus: How might Harlem Renaissance art help us explore our own themes?

1. Warming up with book talks and a light touch of grammar: Parallel structure

2. Investigating "Song of the Towers" by Aaron Douglas (my favorite) with an MMM approach and extra step: Which figure is you? Why?

Song of the Towers, by Aaron Douglas (1934)

3. Offering you a preview of tomorrow and exploring other Harlem Renaissance artists you may wish to use in your Renaissance Little Project

Aaron Douglas
Jacob Lawrence
Palmer Hayden
Lois Mailou Jones

Your goal: Use a Google doc today to start collecting paintings that you might want to use in your Renaissance Little Project. Maybe they relate to the poem you wrote at the beginning of class. Maybe they remind you of something we've watched/read/talked about this semester. Maybe you just like the look of it.

• Paste the paintings and their links into your blog. 

• Be sure to include their titles, artists, and if possible, dates.

• For at least THREE of the paintings, try an MMM approach (moments, movements, meanings). You can type this on your blog underneath the paintings.

• Click HERE for an example from last year.

HW:
1. By this FRIDAY, JAN 31, you should be at least halfway through your book. Catch up now if you have fallen behind.

• Also, if you have not turned in your second reading log yet, please take care of that ASAP.

2. Ongoing: Start prepping your book talk; make sure you're ready to go on your assigned date.


3. If you are absent, use the checklist and the class blog to make up the work you have missed.