Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBb9hTyLjfM

Flappers and the “Lost” Generation:

What was the Great Migration North and West?

Jobs for African Americans in the south were scarce and low paying, so African Americans moved to cities in the north and midwest in search of better employment opportunities.

African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the North and the Midwest.

Southern family arriving in Chicago during WWI.

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

The Harlem RenaissanceAfrican American artists, writers, and

musicians based in Harlem revealed the freshness and variety of African American

culture.

These Harlem Renaissance

leaders drew upon the heritage of black culture to

establish themselves as

powerful forces for cultural change.

The popularity of these artists spread to the rest of society.

Musicians of the 1920s and the Harlem

Renaissance

In music, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were both famous jazz

composers.

1. Louis Armstrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKKRzemX_w&feature=related(when the Saints come marching home)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyLjbMBpGDA&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

(Wonderful World)

(Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - They Can't Take That Away From Me)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active (Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly Live)

2. Duke Ellington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDgTake The "A" Trainhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHRbEhLj540&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Bessie Smith was a famous blues singer.

3. Bessie Smith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCrtErmipXE

Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 1930s

Music

George Gershwin composed unique music that tells a

story.

Aaron Copland wrote unique American music that evokes strong emotions.

Write in the margin next to George Gershwin and Aaron Copland:

They wrote uniquely American music

•Music: Aaron Copland and George Gershwin, composers who wrote uniquely American music

• George Gershwin Aaron Copland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK9yl9xe7s0&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U40xBSz6Dc&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

4. Aaron Copland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiLTwtuBi-o&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdfPbHmEY4wHoe-Down from "Rodeo" (Copland)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnbASemGk0k&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

5. George Gershwin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U40xBSz6Dchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wePM0aITzYc&feature=relatedAn American in Paris http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_962688&src_vid=1U40xBSz6Dc&feature=iv&v=U1_TSydZ1LQ&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Artists of the 1920s and the Harlem

Renaissance

What was the cultural climate of the 1920s and 1930s?

ART

In art, Georgia O’Keefe was In art, Georgia O’Keefe was an artist known for an artist known for urban urban scenes, scenes, flowersflowers, , and later, and later, paintings of the paintings of the southwestsouthwest..

6. Georgia O'Keeffe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPQxvAoyCTY&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Flowers

Georgia O'Keeffe talking about her life and work(1977) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v71awD38Qy4&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

In art, Jacob Lawrence was a painter who chronicled the Great Migration north and west.

7. Jacob Lawrence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COw7QOUCIrM&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Writers of the 1920s and the Harlem

Renaissance

Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 1930s

Literature

John Steinbeck was a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor

migrant workers in the 1930s.

8. John Steinbeck, “Of Mice and Men”audiobookhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrP22_Wx67U&feature=relatedMovie scene “Tell me about the rabbits”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24zvMyxNAo&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

In literature, Langston

Hughes was a poet who

combined the experiences

of African and

American cultural roots.

9. Langston Hughes (I too am America) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CUKyVrhPgM (The Weary Blues) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyqwvC5s4n8(A Dream Deferred) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbpt2y9qqlo (Mother To Son)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E2ZPnRYnfw

A Dream Deferredby Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up

like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore--

And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

Democracy will not Democracy will not comecome

Today, this yearToday, this yearNor everNor ever

Through compromise Through compromise and fear.and fear.

I have as much rightI have as much right As the other fellow hasAs the other fellow has

To standTo standOn my two feet On my two feet

And own the land.And own the land. Langston Hughes (Lincoln

University 1928)

Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 1930s

Literature

F. Scott Fitzgerald he was a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s.

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