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Michelle L Perez
ENGL 591
Dr. Prickett
24November 2015
Annotated Bibliography: The Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age
Artists by Movement: The Harlem Renaissance. Artcyclopedia. John Malyon/Specifica, inc.,
2014. Web. 9 Nov. 2015.
Artcyclopedia will be used in my lesson for student research. Students will research high
impact artist from the Harlem Renaissance, and write informative essays on their artist.
Artcyclopedia leads students to various artists names. Once a student clicks on an artists
name, Artcyclopedia directs the student to numerous museums and public galleries, along
with an online archive, that exhibits and informs on the artists work. Artcyclopedia may
be used for any time period, since Artcyclopedia covers the Early Renaissance period to
Modern American art.
Drop Me Off in Harlem: Exploring the Intersections. Artsedge. The John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts, March 2003. Web. 10 Nov. 2015
Artsedge provides teachers with free resources for teaching and learning about the arts.
For my lesson, I specifically looked to Drop Me Off in Harlem: Exploring the
Intersections, since my lesson is focused on the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age.
Imperative to my lesson planning is the incorporation of photography, art, music, and
film of the Harlem Renaissance, which Artsedge nicely outlines. Artsedge also includes
how-to guides and entire unit plans according to time period.

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Classroom Strategies. Reading Rockets. WETA, 2015. Web. 10 Nov. 2015.
This website is amazing for reading strategies. I find that my current students struggle
with cold text, and using these reading strategies in the classroom can help most students.
The reading strategies shown include: anticipation guide, concept maps, alphabet
matching, shared reading, and many others. The best thing about Reading Rockets is that
the website informs teachers if the strategy is for before reading, after reading, or during
reading. I will implement these reading strategies throughout my lesson plan as warm-ups
or mini-lessons, in order to make students better readers.
English & Language Arts. PBS NewsHour. NewsHour Productions LLC, 2015. Web. 14 Nov.
2015.
PBS NewsHour provides well-thought-out and detailed lesson plans to implement in the
classroom. The lesson plans are defined by genre or time period. PBS NewsHour also
offers multidisciplinary lesson plans. Each lesson plan features at least three different
activities to choose from. Most prevalent to my unit plan is The Harlem Renaissance
Lesson Plan, which explains a multitude of opening activities to begin class with.
Furthermore, this resource offers extension activities for every lesson plan.
Learning Materials. Learn NC. UNC School of Ed., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2015.
Learn NC features learning materials that aide in inquiry based learning strategies and
standards. Learn NC offers a search tool for learning materials by keywords. Learn NC is
a safe way to introduce students to primary source search engines and digital histories
and literature. Significant to my unit plan on the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age,
students will examine articles that pertain to inventions in the 1920s, which will lead to a

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discussion of the changing world, written about and documented through poetry and
literature.
The Learning Network. The New York Times, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2015.
The New York times operates The Learning Network, which contains teacher resources
for various time periods and genres. The Learning Network vividly describes the
procedures for various time periods. The Learning Network also directs teachers to
primary source opinion pieces from the New York Times during the specified era of
exploration. I will incorporate this resource in order to introduce students to nonfiction
texts, such as What Happens to the American Dream in a Recession, by Katherine Q.
Seelye, published by the New York Times.
Lesson Plans. Jazz in America. Thelonious Monk: Institute of Jazz, n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2015.
Jazz in America offers different lesson plans on the Jazz Age according to grade level.
Most pertinent to my unit plan is grade level 11 lesson plans. Jazz in America is a useful
site, because Jazz in America walks teachers through how to introduced jazz, how to talk
about jazz with students, and how jazz fits into American culture. I will implement this
webpage in my lesson plan when listening to jazz from the Jazz Age of America. Jazz in
America cleverly discerns between what is jazz and what is not jazz, which will prove to
be fruitful lesson for students seeking insight into the climate of the 1920s. Jazz in
America also provides convenient tests and quizzes on background knowledge.
Lesson Plans. Read Write Think. NCTE, 2015. Web. 11 Nov. 2015.
Read Write Think aides teachers in brainstorming lesson plans. The website contains a
multitude of lesson plans on various subjects and literature. Pertinent to my unit guide is
the lesson plan entitled A Harlem Renaissance Retrospective, which employs an

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interactive venn diagram that students can use to understand the historical context of the
Harlem Renaissance. Read Write Think ultimately presents concise instructional plans,
along with preparation tools, standards, and resources to succeed in the classroom.
The Library of Congress. The Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2015.
The Library of Congress homepage is an excellent resource if you want students to
handle primary sources, such as maps, manuscripts, prints, photography, and historic
newspapers. The Library of Congress is a highly reliable source, and will be used in my
lesson plan to introduce the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age through a collection of
primary source photographs. With these primary source photographs, students will be
taught how to read images, which the Library of Congress site has a handout for. The
Library of Congress homepage is a great place for teachers and researchers exploring any
time period in America.
Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance. Teacher Vision. Sandbox Networks, Inc.,
2015. Web. 9 Nov. 2015.
Teacher Vision contains premade teacher resources, from unit plans to lesson plans,
quizzes, and tests. Imperative to my unit plan is Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem
Renaissance, which incorporates differentiated learning. This lesson plan is great for
visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. This lesson plan allows students to visually
create poems, such as Claude McKays Harlem Dancer. Overall, Teacher Vision is a
fantastic resource that pays attention to differentiation in the classroom and creativity.