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?


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