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Lesson 1 (from Section 1: "Harlem Shadows," Lines 1-18)
Objective
The objective of this Daily Lesson is to provide background information on Claude McKay and the Harlem Renaissance as prior knowledge for students' reading of "Harlem Shadows." Claude McKay is a seminal figure among Harlem Renaissance authors, and the Harlem Renaissance is a key period in American literature. This lesson introduces students to both, offering them a springboard for understanding the setting, speaker, and occasion of the poem.
Lesson
Research Activity: Give students time to research and write paragraph-length answers to the following questions:
1) What was the Harlem Renaissance, and what did its artists contribute to American arts and literature?
2) Who was Claude McKay, and what did his work contribute to the Harlem Renaissance?
Small Group Reading Activity and Discussion: Divide the class into groups of three. Distribute copies of McKay's poems "America," "After the Winter," and "To One Coming North" (all are widely available online...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.4, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.4, 11-12.9, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.9, 11-12.9
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