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Lesson Objectives
 Students will be able to describe what is meant by the Great
Migration
 Students will know and be able to evaluate the contributions of the
leaders of the Cultural Changes in music, literature, and art in
America during the Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance
The Great Migration
By the 1890s, an increasing number of blacks were moving farther and farther from
the land that had been their home since before the Civil War. Almost a quarter of a
million blacks moved to the North between 1890 and 1910.
The "Great Migration" increased dramatically in the years between about 1910 and
the early 1920s. Between 300,000 and 1,000,000 African-Americans moved north
during this period, largely in response to an increased number of unskilled factory
job openings as northern manufacturers boosted production for World War I.
The
South had few jobs and the jobs they did have were low paying. Blacks also faced
violence and discrimination in the South. Because of this, blacks went to the North
for higher paying factory jobs but even in the Midwest and North blacks continued
to face violence and discrimination.
Black migration between 1916 and the 1960s remained strong, except during the
Great Depression. More than 6 million southern blacks made the move to the north
during this period.
What was the Great Migration? _________________________________________
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Why did the Great Migration occur? _____________________________________
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Hoping for a better life, a
Southern African American
family moves to the North
The Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance is the name given to the period from the end of World War I
and through the middle of the 1930s Depression, during which a group of talented
African-American writers produced a sizable body of literature in the four
prominent genres of poetry, fiction, drama, and essay.
Write
in
your
own
words
what
the
Harlem
Renaissance
is?
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The phenomenon of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s achieved unprecedented
heights of creativity, producing some of America's finest and most daring writers,
actors, musicians, and artists. The energy and talent that spun out of the Harlem
Renaissance burst of self-expression and introduced Black themes into American
culture.
Poet Langston Hughes
Artist Jacob Lawrence
Musicians Count
Duke Ellington,
above, and Louis
Armstrong, and
singer Bessie Smith
Poet Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was an American
poet best known for writing about
__African American culture and
struggles . ____
Artist Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawrence was an American
artist best known for paintings
about
_African American culture and
struggles. One of his most
famous paintings was The Great
Migration.____
Cross
Draw an example of her work
My old man's a white old man
And my old mother's black.
If ever I cursed my white old man
I take my curses back.
If ever I cursed my black old mother
And wished she were in hell,
I'm sorry for that evil wish
And now I wish her well
My old man died in a fine big house.
My ma died in a shack.
I wonder where I'm going to die,
Being neither white nor black?
Draw an example of her work
Describe this painting
What do you see? _People walking with
baggage, birds flying.
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Who do you think painted this? ______
__The Great Migration______________
Louis “Sachmo” Armstrong
Musician and Band Leader Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington’ was an African
American __Musician and
Orchestra Leader__during the
Harlem Renaissaince _________
Draw a picture that best
describes Duke Ellington’s style
Jazz Singer Bessie Smith
Luis Armstrong was an African
American
__Trumpet player and singer during
the Harlem Renaissance__________
Draw a picture that best
describes Luis Armstrong’s style
Bessie Smith’ was an African
American __Jazz and Blues Singer
during the Harlem Renaissance__
Draw a picture that best
describes Bessie Smith’s style
Composer Aaron Copland
Composer George Gershwin
Both Copland and Gershwin were music composers who work is described
as “uniquely American”. Their most famous work included sound screens
for movies that reflected the mood of the scene and movies by setting
the tone for the story.
Other Cultural Changes of the 1920 and 30’s in art, literature, and music
Artist Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’ was an American
artist best known for painting
_painting scenes of the
Southwest and urban scenes.
She included clay mountains,
flowers, and skulls in her art
work. __________________
Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American
writer who was best known for writing
about
The abuse of power and money of the
wealthy during the Roaring Twenties.
Writer John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck was an American
writer who was best known for
writing about
__The
workers
One
Great Gatsby about a wealthy man
books
parties with all his rich friends.
of
his
Great
the
1930’s.
most
famous
The
that
migrant
the
of
was
Wrath
of
during
Depression
Fitzgerals’s most famous novel was The
living on Long Island who through huge
struggle
Grapes
was
about
of
a
family in Oklahoma who were
farmers
and
the
difficult
time they had when they lost
everything.
The
family
moved from place to place
trying
to
__________
find
work.