Harlem Renaissance Bundle - Poetry/Informational Text/Short Story + More!!

This resource is bursting with color and variety, just like the Harlem Renaissance!

What's included:

1. Create a Travel Brochure

Students practice 21st century skills and develop a broad understanding of the Harlem Renaissance era while creating a travel brochure.

2. Informational Text

Practice valuable informational text reading skills while learning about the contrasting approaches of two of the Harlem Renaissance's leading activists: Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. Du Bois

3. Langston Hughes Vs. Tupac Shakur (Poetry and Music)

Pairing Langston Hughes' poems with the works of Tupac Shakur effectively illuminates important facets of the Harlem Renaissance and is sure to engage students.

I, Too Vs. Changes

Compare why Hughes was so positive about social change, while Shakur felt things would 'never change.'

Harlem Vs. The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Both poems can be viewed as rally calls for African Americans to keep striving for better.

Mother to Son Vs. Dear Mama

Explore the challenges faced by Hughes' and Shakur's mothers during the different time periods.

4.Thank You Ma'am

Conclude with Hughes' beautiful short story, Thank you Ma'am.