Mr Donn's Lesson Plans & Activities   The Poetry of Langston Hughes for K-12 teachers & students    Lesson Plan for US History/English 6th-10th grades Time Frame: 3-4 days (90 minute class periods) Mr. Donn;  USA Harlem Renaissance _____________ Day One: Introduction: Provide background/History of the Harlem Renaissance Timeline with details, Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance, powerpoints by many authors _____________ Day Two Poetry of Langston Hughes Tell how he wrote while listening to jazz Play some old (dixieland) style jazz and have students read along Pass out packets of poems Tell students that they need to select a poem that they are going to read to music. They get to select the music. Direct students to go through the whole packet and describe in what style poems were written. ___________ Day Three Presentation Day: Allow each student 1 minute If the song selected has words that interrupt the reading, suggest to students that they try turning down the volumn. (It works.) Results in my class: I was surprised by the variety of music selected. The vast majority of students participated. Those who did not actually select a poem and set it to music listened during class to those who did. I did assign a couple of A++, a nearly unheard of success!   Related Lesson Plans & Background Information Voice Among Voices (Langston Hughes Lesson Plan) Langston Hughes, Lesson Plans and Units Poetry Presentations in PowerPoint format African American 20th Century Poets, Unit (1 week, slam, rap, ending activity) Poetry Slam (Donn) Harlem Renaissance Presentations in PowerPoint Format & Lesson Plans   The Roaring 20s A-Z Index by Book Titles  A-Z by Author Free Presentations in PowerPoint format  Free Clip Art  All Rights Reserved    Clip Art Credit: Phillip Martin Have a great year!