Unit Topic- Reading (Harlem Renaissance Dance) Standard(s)- Writing Standards-Texts Types and Purpose 1; Reading Standards for

Informational Text- Key Ideas and Details-1. 2. 3. Level- 3rd Grade ProceduresIntroduction 1. I will have students come sit on the rug and introduce the book I am going to read to them. 2. I will ask the students what they can tell me about the Harlem Renaissance a. We will create a KWL chart on a poster board and start discussing by raising their hands what they already know 3. I will then read to them Harlem by Walter Dean Myers 4. I will ask the students (while continuing the KWL chart): a. What did you see? b. Have you heard of the Harlem Renaissance before? c. What did you learn from the book? i. Will emphasize poetry, music, art, and especially dance d. Where is Harlem at? e. Who created the Harlem Renaissance? f. What can of book was this? Fiction or Non-Fiction? i. How do you know that? 5. I will then show a Harlem Renaissance dance YouTube video on the Smart Board http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdBluXZmUSY 6. After I will pull up a website to discuss famous dances from that period http://historyoftheharlemrenaissance.weebly.com/dancers.html

7. I will ask questions to review the video with the students a. What did you see? b. What is that dance called? c. Why is it important to know 8. I will have multiple picture books that I will show pictures out of to discuss the different musicians, artists, and dancers: a. Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie Taylor b. Harlem Stomp by Laban Hill c. Harlems Little Blackbird by Renee Watson d. When Jo Louis Won the Title by Belinda Rochelle e. Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance by Jim Haskins

9. I will then direct the student to turn their attention to the two Poster boards I will have hanging up (KWL, one with photos of the Harlem Renaissance) and ask them following question by having them raise their hands to answer: a. What is the Harlem Renaissance? b. What makes their dances so important? c. What impact did the Harlem Renaissance dances have on the world? d. What can we learn from the Harlem Renaissance dances? 10. I will then give students directions to write a letter to a friend or relative and tell them what they learned and enjoyed about the dances from the Harlem Renaissance 11. After I will dismiss them to go back to their seats and get started on their letters Activity 1. Once the students are at their desks I will ask the students if they have any questions. 2. I will remind the students to look at the poster board we made full of information we learned if they need help for their letters 3. I will walk around the room and look at what the students are doing with their letters to make sure they understand. a. If they need further help I will assist the child in reviewing what they learned and help give them ideas if need be Closing 1. After about 10-15 minutes I will ask that the students finish what they are doing and start cleaning up. 2. After everything is put away I will ask that the students join me on the rug and that they bring their letter with them. 3. Then I will ask each student to present what they wrote: a. What did you write? b. Why did you talk about that specifically? c. Thank you for sharing. (While they share I will check yes or no on whether they mastered the task and/ or make comments if necessary on the assessment sheet) 4. Ask if the students have any other questions. 5. Once every student has read their letter, I will ask that the students turn the letters in their box MaterialsHarlem by Walter Dean Myers

Harlem Renaissance Youtube video Poster Board for KWL chart Poster Board with photos from the Harlem Renaissance Grading Assessment (for teacher) Pencil Paper

Concept/SkillsI want the children to learn about the Harlem Renaissance as an important period in American culture. I want the children to learn about how many African Americans had a major impact to our world and shaping our society into what it is today I want the children to learn to make meaning from the Harlem Renaissance dance and how it still affects our lives today (the present impact) RationaleThis is important for the students to know because it is so easy for African American history to get lost in the dominant society Americans live in. Many Americans, including myself, look back sometimes and do not even realize that cultures other than our own (the individual) played such a large role in shaping the way our society is back then and even how it still affects us Americans today. So much of how we as Americans live today, from the dances we dance to the literature we read, was founded off of the African Americans in Harlem, New York that was created in the 1920s. As Boutte discusses in Language, Culture, and Community in Teacher Education she talks about the different variations of AAL and I felt like this was a great lesson to explore how many African Americans dont just have variations with African American language, but also in the literature, art, music, and dance African Americans do as well, which the Harlem Renaissance does a fine job of showing. It is also important to understand that he African Americans that lived in Harlem did not necessarily have the same culture of other African Americans who lived in the South or the West Coast. *We=Americans

Resources(Instructors should view these resources in order to understand the lesson and gain background knowledge)

Richland Library (Main) -Harlem by Walter Dean Myers -Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie Taylor -Harlem Stomp by Laban Hill -Harlems Little Blackbird by Renee Watson -When Jo Louis Won the Title by Belinda Rochelle Amazon -Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance by Jim Haskins YouTube -Harlem Renaissance Dance (2:20)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdBluXZmUSY

-Cotton Club http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdDsBg_p1v8 -History of HR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJNAEllpYQ

-Nicholas Brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuhtwnjTp0k

Google -Harlem Renaissance Photos Websites - http://historyoftheharlemrenaissance.weebly.com/dancers.html

- http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/harlem-renaissance - http://www.pbs.org/jazz/classroom/visualize.htm