Reader and Task Considerations What will challenge students most in this text? What supports can be provided? Vocabulary difficulty may be encountered while reading. The glossary and class discussions could support students while reading this text. Encouraging students to make connections to other texts they have read on the same topic will increase understanding. Comparing and contrasting a character’s experiences to their own will support understanding of the character’s perspective. Expert Pack: The Harlem Renaissance Submitted by: Vegas Verdes, Clark County School District Grade: 4-5 Date: June 2015 Rolling Knowledge Journal Read each selection in the set, one at a time. After you read each resource, stop and think what the big learning was. What did you learn that was new and important about the topic from this resource? Write, draw, or list what you learned from the text about (topic). Then write, draw, or list how this new resource added to what you learned from the last resource(s). Sample Student Response Title Write, Draw, or List New and important learning about the How does this resource add to what I topic learned already? "The Harlem The Renaissance was a rebirth of African Renaissance" Video American Culture. Influenced music, art, writing, dancing, and film. “The Harlem Explosion of cultural pride as a result of Renaissance” Article thousands of people who discovered People wanted to move north in search of a they had a lot in common. They better life. Many writers emerged and films celebrated old traditions and cultured were made as well as new music. new ones. “Jim Crow Stories: African Americans migrate north for a The Great Migration This passage explains the history of African better life. From 1900-1960, an (1900-1970)” American migration and how it created an estimated 5 million blacks migrated era of expression. from the South. “The Harlem 6 Million moved from the south to NY, Harlem was a city within a city. It was Renaissance” Chicago and Detroit. Inspired the Jazz considered to be the capital of black Scholastic Article Age- a combination of African rhythm America. and modern harmony. Whites went to
Reader and Task Considerations What will challenge students most in this text? What supports can be provided? Vocabulary difficulty may be encountered while reading. The glossary and class discussions could support students while reading this text. Encouraging students to make connections to other texts they have read on the same topic will increase understanding. Comparing and contrasting a character’s experiences to their own will support understanding of the character’s perspective. Expert Pack: The Harlem Renaissance Submitted by: Vegas Verdes, Clark County School District Grade: 4-5 Date: June 2015 Rolling Knowledge Journal Read each selection in the set, one at a time. After you read each resource, stop and think what the big learning was. What did you learn that was new and important about the topic from this resource? Write, draw, or list what you learned from the text about (topic). Then write, draw, or list how this new resource added to what you learned from the last resource(s). Sample Student Response Title Write, Draw, or List New and important learning about the topic How does this resource add to what I learned already? "The Harlem Renaissance" Video The Renaissance was a rebirth of African American Culture. Influenced music, art, writing, dancing, and film. “The Harlem Renaissance” Article Explosion of cultural pride as a result of thousands of people who discovered they had a lot in common. They celebrated old traditions and cultured new ones. People wanted to move north in search of a better life. Many writers emerged and films were made as well as new music. “Jim Crow Stories: The Great Migration (1900-1970)” African Americans migrate north for a better life. From 1900-1960, an estimated 5 million blacks migrated from the South. This passage explains the history of African American migration and how it created an era of expression. “The Harlem Renaissance” Scholastic Article 6 Million moved from the south to NY, Chicago and Detroit. Inspired the Jazz Age- a combination of African rhythm and modern harmony. Whites went to Harlem was a city within a city. It was considered to be the capital of black America.
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