You are going to research one of the following people, or topics:
The Dial
Red Summer of 1919
Langston Hughes
James Weldon Johnson
Countee Cullen
The Jazz Age
Emergence of the Blues
Six Major African-American Artists - 1915-1935
Claude McKay
Jean Toomer
Back to Africa Movement
Zora Neale Hurston
Cotton Club/Apollo Theater/Savoy Theater
Emergence of Harlem as a Cultural Center
You and a partner are to create a PowerPoint presentation about your topic that is at least ten (ten) slides long.
You must research the major points about your topic. For people, this includes a biography, major works, influences, at least two works, connect to the four themes that were discussed in class, and who they influenced.
For the topics, this includes background information, connection to the Harlem Renaissance, reasons for importance, what happened there, and what happened to it.
If you are not sure what a good PowerPoint is like, go here.
You also need to cite sources. This should be done by placing the citation in the lower right or left corner in a much smaller type with a hyperlink.
The criteria for grading is here.