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African American Migration & Culture in 1920s

African Americans migrated north during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. This document focuses on the migration to Harlem in New York City during the 1920s. It guides students to consider problems they may face if time traveling to Harlem in 1920, and to identify important figures like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Louis Armstrong who helped develop jazz music. Students are asked to consider how prohibition influenced nightlife and how various cultures contribute to today's diverse US society.

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African American Migration & Culture in 1920s

African Americans migrated north during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. This document focuses on the migration to Harlem in New York City during the 1920s. It guides students to consider problems they may face if time traveling to Harlem in 1920, and to identify important figures like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Louis Armstrong who helped develop jazz music. Students are asked to consider how prohibition influenced nightlife and how various cultures contribute to today's diverse US society.

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African American Migration During Reconstruction


Guided Notes

Content Standards and Lecture Objectives


Part 1: Lecture Objective
 At the end of this lecture, I will be able to __________ significant figures of the _______________.

 What else will you be able to do?


o

Lecture Guided Notes


Part 1: Imagine If… Part 2: Historical Figures
 Write down what problems you may face  Who were Langston Hughes and Zora Neale
in New York City, New York if you were Hurston?
to time travel back to the year 1920.

 Who was a big musician that moved the jazz


genre forward?

Part 3: Looking at the Text Part 4: Harlem Culture


 What are some themes you observed in
Langston Hugh’s, “My People?”  With prohibition passed, what were some ways
o that the American people got around that with
o nightlife?
o
 As a preface for much of the push for civil
rights to come, this movement showed that
African-Americans are contributing
members to the culture of the United
States. What are some ways that cultures
contribute to today’s diverse USA?

 Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Cab


Calloway are all from what genre of music?
Cultural Web-Diagram
Part 1: Graphic Organizer
Put Harlem in the 1920s in the center of the web diagram. Now put what were some events
happening around the 1920s such as Prohibition, significant figures, and historical landmarks
in the web. Think of what can relate to what or be a direct cause and effect when branching
off the web.
Ending Question
Part 1: Respond to the Prompt
What do you think is one thing or combination of things that impacts culture the most today?
Compare and contrast that to the past with the Harlem Renaissance.

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