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 Description: Harlem Renaissance

Content Areas: Language Arts 11th grade English
                             Social Studies 11th grade American history
 To make this WebQuest meaningful, students should be familiar with the prelude to this era including what led African Americans to flee to the North and what was going on historically and literarily prior to 1920. In social studies, students should have already studied World War I and its effect on the United States as well as the world. In English classes, students should have read literature pertinent to World War I and the period immediately following it.

This WebQuest requires students to research the early 1900's through the 1920's from the perspective of artists, authors, and historians to gain insight into the social, artistic, and cultural change which took place during that time period.

To complete the assignment, students must have prior experience using PowerPoint. They also need to know how to import images from the internet into a PowerPoint program. A lesson in evaluating Web sites would also be helpful.

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12.1.3        Describe how new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amid growing cultural diversity.
12.1.10      Examine social tensions and their consequences in the post-World War I era.
12.1.13     Describe how new cultural movements reflected and changed American society in the post World War I period.
12.1.15     Analyze the causes of the Great Depression and how it affected American society.

ENGLISH
E3-W1.3   Demonstrate the ability to develop an extended response around a central idea, using relevant supporting details.
E3-W4.2   Demonstrate the ability to use keyboarding skills to produce texts.
E3-C1.1    Demonstrate the ability to use language vocabulary, images, sensory details and presentation techniques isncluding multimedia that are appropriate for the purpose and audience.
E3-C1.4    Demonstrate the ability to use effective organizational strategies, techniques, and methods  including technology to develop oral presentations.
E3-C1.13  Demonstrate the ability to analyze and refine vried presentations through collaborations, conferencing, and self-evaluation.
E3-C3.1    Demonstrate the ability to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the techniques and in non-print sources for a particular audience.
E3-C3.2    Demonstrate the ability to intepret and evaluate the various ways events are presented and information is communicated in non-print resources.
E3-RS2.4 Demonstrate the ability to gather and evaluate information for its relevance to his or her research questions.
E3-RS3.1 Demonstrate the ability to synthesize information from a variety of resources, including those accessed through the use of technology.
E3-RS3.2 Demonstrate the ability to draw conclusions from synthesized information to create a documented research project.

•  Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
• Students are proficient in th euse of technology.

• Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
• Students use productively tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications and produce other creative works.

• Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
• Students use technology tools to process data and report results.
• Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks

OTHER HELPFUL WEBSITES

Harlem Renaissance from PBS
Online Forum: Questions about the Harlem Renaissance

African American Odyssey
World War I and Post War Society

Timeline and links to the Harlem Renaissance
Circle Association's Weblinks to the Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance: A Selected List
General Works and anthologies chosen by the Chicago Public Library

Study Unit from Yale on the Harlem Renaissance.

The Impact of Music on the Harlem Renaissance  This unit plan's major focus is the people, places, and music of the Harlem Renaissance from 1918-1933.