| Date Posted |
Title |
Educator |
Grade Levels |
Overview |
| 9/22/2002 |
The Cotillion or One Good Bull is Half the Herd, a Black Arts Movement novel by John O. Killens |
W.J. Musa Moore-Foster |
9-12
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John O Killens's The Cotillion is a raucous, bawdy, take-no-prisoners satirical sortie on African American life in Harlem and its multiracial environs.... |
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| 4/16/2001 |
Lynchings in Duluth: 1920 |
Steve Halvorson |
9-12
|
Students will study a horrific incident of racially-motivated
group violence and murder which took place in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1920.... |
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| 4/12/2001 |
Black is as Beautiful as My Face |
Givens Foundation |
K-3
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When very young students of diverse cultures experience school, it is important that they see positive images related to themselves reflected in the school environment and in classroom images and literature.... |
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| 4/12/2001 |
Harlem Renaissance Writer, Gwendolyn Bennett, and “Wedding Day” |
Lisa Borys |
9-12
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Gwendolyn Bennett (1902-1981), a Harlem Renaissance poet, writer, graphic designer and author of magazine commentary, stood in the center of the artistic community of her time.... |
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| 4/12/2001 |
Study of “The Emperor Jones,” Play and Film |
Susan Clabo |
9-12
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“The Emperor Jones” by American playwright Eugene O’Neill is a powerful play written in 1920 which was subsequently made into a 1933 movie.... |
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| 4/12/2001 |
Investigating Stereotypes |
Pam Girod |
4-5,
6-8
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Images in the media, literature, and the culture at large often create a distorted view in young people’s minds of what black Americans are like as individuals.... |
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| 4/7/2001 |
Shange’s Novel Betsey Brown & Jazz |
Carol Morrill |
9-12
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Betsey Brown is a wonderful novel by Ntozake Shange about a thirteen-year old middle class black girl growing up in St.... |
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| 3/28/2001 |
Black Film Study in the Harlem Renaissance Period |
Setsuko Matsuyama |
9-12
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Motion pictures are not just entertainment, but also a powerful means of communication.... |
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| 3/28/2001 |
"The Brownies’ Book", a 1920s magazine for African American Youth |
William Slack |
6-8
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A renaissance is a “rebirth or revival, a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity,” according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary.... |
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| 3/28/2001 |
Pass It On: African American Poetry to Inspire Writing |
Margaret Hasse |
K-3,
4-5,
6-8
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Pass It On is a collection of poems by African American poets such as Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, and Lucille Clifton selected by Wade Hudson and illustrated by Floyd Cooper.... |
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