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=** The Harlem Renaissance Research and Presentation Project  **= =** ** This project assesses... ** **=
 * Your ability to research an artist, their artistic medium and connect both to the Harlem Renaissance.
 * Your ability to present the information orally to your classmates in a 3-4 minute presentation.


 * The project: You will select one artist from the Harlem Renaissance, research the person and his/her artistic medium. Using your research, you will create a four slide presentation and a four paragraph overview of the presentation. The presentations will be given in class and must be 3-4 minutes long. **


 * Part 1: Create at least one slide in your presentation that addresses each of the following questions: **
 * ** Who is this person and with what artistic medium did they work?  **
 * ** What is one major accomplishment or piece of work from the artist?  **
 * ** What Harlem Renaissance themes did their work focus on?  **
 * ** How did your artist interact with other artists during the Harlem Renaissance? (1 example)  **
 * ** Why is this artist important to the Harlem Renaissance?  **


 * Part 2: Google Docs Portion (Shared with Mr. Larcom only) **
 * ** A one page analysis of the piece you have chosen and how it relates to three key themes of the Harlem Renaissance.  **
 * ** Three quiz questions the class should be able to answer after viewing your presentation.  **
 * ** Works cited page with at least three scholarly resources used in your research  **


 * You may choose an artist from the lists below or find your own. You must focus your research on the work your artist did during the Harlem Renaissance Era (1920-1935). **


 * Possible artists and the medium: **


 * Thought or social philosophy: W.E.B. Dubois, Alain Locke **
 * Poetry: Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay **
 * Literature: Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes **
 * Music: Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Bassie, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Billie Holliday **
 * Your own artist: Someone who was prolific in Harlem between 1920-1935. **