Day+One

=Step One: Review some History first!=

**African American History**

 * African American Odyssey from Library of Congress (Write down 2 or 3 things you didn't know about this time period.)

‍**Harlem Renaissance**

 * Harlem Renaissance libguide from Florida University


 * Step Two**: Listen to Duke Ellington
 * Step Three**: Watch the Lindy Hop
 * Step Four**: View paintings by Johnson and Hayden
 * Step Five**: Listen to Langston Hughes' poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
 * Step Six:** Discussion (Record answers on chart paper for use at the end of the unit):
 * What were you able to learn about the Harlem Renaissance by listening to jazz music?
 * .....by watching a dance?
 * ......by looking at paintings?
 * ....... by listening to a poem?
 * Step Seven**: Exit Ticket #1 - How has Harlem Renaissance influenced life for African Americans during and after that time? Why do you think the Harlem Renaissance was important for the identity of black Americans then and now? What kind of impact did it have on American History? (Make predictions right now...)