Modernism and the Lost Generation · 1914 to 1945
The Harlem Renaissance
Celebrating the explosion of African American art and literature and its impact on the American canon.
Key Questions
- 1How did Harlem Renaissance writers redefine the African American identity?
- 2In what ways did music and jazz influence the structure of 1920s poetry?
- 3How does literature act as a tool for social and political protest?
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.9CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.9
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Modernism and the Lost Generation
Period: 1914 to 1945
Suggested Methodologies
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