Welcome to US History!10/26/16

• Objectives• Students will

dissect the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance through the analysis of primary source documents.

• Essential Question:

• How did jazz begin to change racial barriers for African Americans?

• Was the Harlem Renaissance a success?

• Monday: TTT #2, Notebook check, CBA!

Jump Start• 10/26

• Characterize the jazz age using this picture and your prior knowledge of jazz music.

Table of contents (1,2,8)

• 10/26 Harlem Renaissance 61

Jazz Age 62

Table of contents (3,5)

• 10/26 Harlem Renaissance 56

Jazz Age 57

Harlem Renaissance (56, H-61)

Harlem Renaissance: combo of African American music, art, racial pride, and political organization that formed in Harlem during the 1920s as a result of the Great Migration

Style Characteristics

Art 1. Colorful2. Centered around

music3. Embraced the “New

Negro” culture where people are proud

Writers

Politics

Groups

Music

Harlem Renaissance (56, H-61)

Harlem Renaissance (56, H-61)

Style Characteristics

Art

Writers 1. Proud defiance against racism

2. Bitter hatred for racism

3. Wrote stories/poems of confidence in past

4. Langston Hughes most famous

Politics

Groups

Music

Harlem Renaissance (56, H-61)

Style Characteristics

Art

Writers

Politics 1. First African American representative in Congress in 1928

2. More voice in politics b/c of large populations due to Great Migration

Groups

Music

Style Characteristics

Art

Writers

Politics

Groups 1. NAACP – black nationalism and non-violently defyingracism

2. UNIA – black separatism and uniting all Africanpeople around the world

Music

Harlem Renaissance (56, H-61)

Style Characteristics

Art

Writers

Politics

Groups

Music 1. Soul music2. Cotton Club became

famous nightclub3. Experiential and

breaking away from old values

4. Improvisation

Harlem Renaissance (56, H-61)

Jazz Age (57, H-62)

• Built a connection between black society and rest of society

• Blended racial lines and reduced racism

Positive influence on

society

• People were fascinated by American culture b/c of WWI

• Unique sound that was new to music scene

1st American cultural

expression that impacted world

Jazz Age(57, H-62)

• Big Butter and Egg Man

• Crazy Blues

• Oh When the Saints go Marching In

• St. Louis Blues

• For each song, analyze the music/sounds and answer the questions:

• 1) What is the mood of the song?

• 2) What does the artist(s) do to make you feel this way?