What Is the Harlem Renaissance? January 31, 2020

Focus: What is the Harlem Renaissance, and how did it shape our cultural identity?

1. Warming up with Grammar Quiz #5: Parallel Structure

2. Taking care of the following tasks for the week:

• Independent Reading Log #3 OR reading if you're not at least halfway through your book.

• The Harlem Renaissance art activity you began on Thursday (see Thursday's blog for links, directions, and details)

3. Gathering a little background on the Harlem Renaissance

Please open up your notebooks and label a page "Harlem Renaissance Documentary." As you watch the short video, process what you're watching by jotting down the following:

• What / when / where was the Harlem Renaissance?

• How did it shake things up? In other words, what was new about it? What did it change?

• What did it contribute to our American cultural identity?

HW:
1. For MONDAY: Make sure you have spent at least 4 hours of reading your independent reading book and are least halfway through. Fill out that little slip of paper if you have not yet done so.

2. For NEXT FRIDAY: Spend 60 more minutes outside of class reading your book.