Harlem Renaissance Activities: Poetry Lesson Plans, Black History, Art, Projects

The Harlem Renaissance is one of the richest periods in our canon, and this activity pack will help you study, honor, and celebrate Black authors of the Harlem Renaissance.

This unit editable and adaptable to fit your needs, so whether you only have one day or two weeks to teach The Harlem Renaissance, you will have everything you need to create an engaging and meaningful unit study!

You will get:

⭐2 Harlem Renaissance introduction activity options 

⭐3 Harlem Renaissance activities or projects to use throughout the unit 

⭐10 Biographies of well-known and lesser-known writers of the Harlem Renaissance including: 

♦ Langston Hughes

♦ Georgia Douglas Johnson

♦ Claude McKay

♦ Zora Neale Hurston

♦ Countee Cullen

♦ Helene Johnson

♦ Jean Toomer

♦ Gwendolyn Bennett

♦ Alain Locke

♦ Effie Lee Newsome

⭐10 Harlem Renaissance posters

⭐20 Poems and close reading tasks to choose from based on your classroom and needs

ELA Practice Skills Include:

♥ Annotation

♥ Tone

♥ Mood

♥ Poetic Devices 

♥ Art pairings 

♥ Thematic pairings 

⭐20 Question multiple-choice test 

⭐5 Extension activity ideas 
⭐Poetic device gallery walk

⭐Pacing guides ranging from one day to two weeks 

⭐Detailed teacher notes for all!

⭐Answer keys for all!

✅Can be used digitally or in print 

✅90% Editable to fit your needs

✋ STOP ✋ Do you want this full Harlem Renaissance unit plan or do you want a condensed version to directly pair with The Great Gatsby? If you only need a Great Gatsby pairing, then I recommend this unit instead:

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Giving Back:

❤️ A portion of the proceeds from this unit will go to ART START :

Art Start uses the creative process to nurture the voices, hearts, and minds of historically marginalized youth, offering a space for them to imagine, believe, and represent their creative vision for their lives and communities.