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Langston Hughes "Weary Blues" (1923)
OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to analyze poetry as a form of historical research for planning a film.
VOCAB: Langston Hughes– Harlem Renaissance poet during the 1920s-1950s. (3 min in journal)
OPENING:1. Describe renaissance and why African Americans moved to Harlem. Unfair treatment in the southern United States (2-3 min)
2. View/Listen to poet Langston Hughes recite “Weary Blues” (0:00-5:55)
MINI-LESSON: Model how to create a storyboard. Utilizing jigsaw method groups will design a storyboard for production based on this poem. (2 min)
WORKTIME: Create storyboards for 4 lines from "Weary Blues" (20 min)
CLOSING:1. Tables share and describe choices (5 min)
2. Based on this poem what do you think the world like in 1923? (5 min silent)
HW: Google “Langston Hughes Poems” and read two more. What is similar?
107: Poetry, Mood and Mind Maps
106: Media & Main Idea
106: Media: Mood and Tone.
108: Harlem Renaissance
Julie Taymor, Director
108: Historical Poetry, the Blues
OBJ: SWBAT identify and compose 12 bar blues lyrics in groups.