Name of Lesson: WebQuest Harlem Renaissance

Subject: Honors English Estimated class time- 2 block periods (180 minutes) Prepared by: Cynthia Mills Overview and Purpose: Students will demonstrate the ability to use thoughtful analysis of the information they gather through their WebQuest of the Harlem Renaissance. Common Core Standards: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. Objectives: Locate, identify and analyze research related to the Harlem Renaissance. Create a webpage depicting information gathered on the WebQuest. Integrate both the information gathered and other media to enhance webpage. Build a works cited using MLA format.Materials Needed: Macbooks Website: http://edtech2.boisestate.edu/CynthiaMills/502/webquest/start.html Other Resources: Websites or databases Information: 1. Students have been trained to use Wix 2. Each student has an Evernote account Assessment:

1. Peer evaluation 2. Evernote shared with instructor and group 3. 5-paragraph essay graded by instructor
Activity: 1. Research the history of the Harlem Renaissance. 2. Research the literature of the Harlem Renaissance, including poetry, fiction, drama, and and focusing on the motifs, themes, and convictions of the writers. 3. Research the art of the era and include several examples of the themes represented in the art.

4. Research the music of the era. Include the culture of the nightlife. Duke Ellington 5. Create a works cited page. 6. Create a Wix webpage. 7. Write a 5-paragraph essay. 8. Present webpage. 9. Answer prompts on introduction page in Evernote.