Harlem Renaissance Heritage Pack - African American History Lesson Guide

The Harlem Renaissance Heritage Pack covers a golden age in African American culture from about 1918 until the mid-1930s when a brave and talented group of Black musicians, artists, poets, novelists, actors, and public figures came together in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. Fueled by the Great Migration, these notable figures established roots and took center stage while creatively expressing extraordinary pride in their culture. The zenith of this “flowering of Negro literature”, as James Weldon Johnson preferred to call the Harlem Renaissance, took place between 1924 and 1929, the year of the stock-market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression. The Harlem Renaissance is considered to have been a rebirth of the African American arts, and the intellectual, social, and artistic explosion caused all America to take note. This study is a wonderful precursor or follow-up to the Schomburg Heritage Pack as Arturo Schomburg was a significant figure of this time period.

Target grades: 3rd – 6th grade. These lessons can easily extend down to younger siblings who are ready for the material because it includes many picture books, but the core book is aimed at target ages and older.

Lessons scheduled: 24 weekly lessons. You can do 24 consecutive weeks (two terms) or spread the lessons out over a full 36-week school year. Without the core and optional books, you can also reduce the study down to a single 12-week term.

What’s included:

• A list of recommended titles with book summaries and integrated at-a-glance lesson plans
• Lesson-by-lesson suggested page breakdowns that combine books for a cohesive program
• Two optional chapter books (one easier, one more difficult) for a more robust study, if desired.
• Two companion books not shown here and 18 free video suggestions that bring the stories to life with real imagery
• This pack does NOT include reproducible worksheets or activities for children. It is a lesson planning guide using books and videos for parents and teachers.

The Harlem Renaissance Heritage Pack includes these great titles along with two companion books, an additional chapter book, and twelve picture books to offer an in-depth exploration of this fascinating era. The images below contain affiliate links, so I may receive a small payment if you make a purchase, at no additional cost to you.

Sample of scheduled books:

• Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance
• Harlem, A Poem by Walter Dean Myers
• Scraps of Time: A Song for Harlem

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