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Unit 6: The Genius of the Harlem Renaissance Teacher Guide Unit PlanUnit 6: The Genius of the Harlem Renaissance Teacher Guide Unit Plan
Publisher
Core Knowledge Foundation
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7th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
1 mo 5 days
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Year
2022
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Unit Plan

Unit 6: The Genius of the Harlem Renaissance Teacher Guide

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Introduce your seventh graders to the Harlem Renaissance with a unit that explores this dynamic period's music, literature, and ideas. The 160-page guide includes a unit calendar, an introduction to the unit, 10 richly detailed lessons and assessments, a link to additional teacher resources, and an Activity Book answer key. A powerful resource is appropriate for all classrooms.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

the harlem renaissance, the writing process, critical thinking, argumentative writing, poetry, poetry analysis, essays, plays, african american culture, african american history, famous african americans, langston hughes, zora neale hurston, louis armstrong, racism, prejudice, slavery, the great migration

Instructional Ideas

  • Enlarge, color print images of key figures and artworks from the period, and post them around the classroom
  • Requires extra prep time to copy the Activity Book and other materials required for the unit

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires a copy of a 140-page Activity Book for each class member
  • Sixth of eight Core Knowledge Teacher Guides designed for seventh graders
  • The units are cumulative and designed to be taught in order
  • Information about the Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) program may be found on pages 11-21 of Unit 1 in the series

Pros

  • A link is provided to the CKLA Online Resources for the unit

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.7.1 RL.7.2 RL.7.3 RL.7.4 RL.7.5 RL.7.7 RL.7.9 RL.7.10 RI.7.1 RI.7.2 RI.7.3 RI.7.4 RI.7.5 RI.7.6 RI.7.7 RI.7.8 RI.7.9 RI.7.10 W.7.2.a W.7.2.b W.7.2.c W.7.2.d W.7.2.e W.7.2.f W.7.4 W.7.5 W.7.6 W.7.7 W.7.8 W.7.9.a W.7.9.b W.7.10 SL.7.1.a SL.7.1.b SL.7.1.c SL.7.1.d SL.7.2 SL.7.4 SL.7.5 SL.7.6 L.7.2.b L.7.3.a L.7.4.a L.7.4.b L.7.4.c L.7.4.d L.7.5.b L.7.5.c L.7.6 RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.5 RH.6-8.6 RH.6-8.7 RH.6-8.8 RH.6-8.10 WHST.6-8.2.a WHST.6-8.2.b WHST.6-8.2.c WHST.6-8.2.d WHST.6-8.2.e WHST.6-8.2.f WHST.6-8.4 WHST.6-8.5 WHST.6-8.6 WHST.6-8.7 WHST.6-8.8 WHST.6-8.9 WHST.6-8.10

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