The Harlem Renaissance

Pre-K:

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Engage in self -directed, creative making.

Kindergarten:

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Engage collaboratively in creative art-making in response to an artistic problem.

1st Grade:

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Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

2nd Grade:

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Make art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity.

3rd Grade:

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Apply knowledge of available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process.

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Through observation, infer information about time, place, and culture in which a work of art was created.

5th Grade:

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Identify and analyze cultural associations suggested by visual imagery.

Pre-K/ Kindergarten/ 1st Grade/ 2nd Grade/ 3rd Grade:

How does knowing the contexts, histories, and traditions of art forms help us create works of art and design?

Why do artists follow or break from established traditions?

How do artists determine what resources and criteria are needed to formulate artistic investigations?

How does art helps us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures?

How is art used to impact the views of a society?

How does art preserve aspects of life?

5th Grade:

What is an image?

Where and how do we encounter images in our world?

How do images influence our views of the world?

"A time of intense creativity that took place in the 1920s, the Harlem Renaissance was a celebration of African American heritage. In Harlem, a Black neighborhood in New York City, a talented and determined group of writers decided to use their work to express pride in being African American."

"Jazz music, though not born in Harlem, was also flourishing at the time and it, too, drew the public’s attention to the richness of African American culture. Before this renaissance, or rebirth, African American culture had been unknown to most Americans.

Although it is remembered primarily as a literary movement, the Harlem Renaissance was a period of intense creativity in music and the visual arts as well. "

https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Harlem-Renaissance/353232#:~:text=A%20time%20of%20intense%20creativity,pride%20in%20being%20African%20American.

• Among the trademarks of the Harlem Renaissance was the emergence of jazz music. Jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker, Count Basie, Fats Waller and Dizzy Gillespie became famous.
• The term “Jazz Age” was first coined by author F. Scott Fitzgerald in describing the “anything goes” era of the 1920s. Jazz music was characterized by improvisation, strong and lively rhythm, as well as syncopation.
• The Harlem Renaissance brought genres like Blues, Ragtime, Dixie and Jazz to the African-American population. New dances such as Charleston, the Black Bottom, the Shimmy, Cakewalk, the Bunny hop, Turkey trot, the Lindy hop and American tango also emerged.

• It was in the 1920s that new art movements like Surrealism, Impressionism and Art Deco flourished.
• Philosophy was expressed through painting, sculpture, murals, photographs, magazine covers and illustrations.
• Among the famous artists during this era were Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Palmer C. Hayden, Meta Fuller, Augusta Savage, Charles Alston and Lois Mailou Jones.