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Take the pop quiz!

September 16th, 2014
Essential Question: What hope did
Harlem hold?
Agenda: 1) Pop Quiz 2) Langston
Hughes The Negro Artist and the
Racial Mountain 3) 2 Cent
Discussion 4) Creative Writing
Homework: Read Hughes excerpt and
answer questions
Langston Hughes The Negro Artist
and the Racial Mountain
CONTEXT: Langston Hughes, during the Harlem
Renaissance, wrote this essay urging black intellectuals
and artists to break free of the artificial standards set for
them by whites and encouraged them to embrace their own
culture.
Langston Hughes The Negro Artist
and the Racial Mountain
KEY POINTS:
Langston exposes division in the African American culture
during this time period; he highlights the geographical and
religious divisions, but also the tension between those with
lighter/darker skin color.
His main point was encouraging African Americans to
stray from the idea to be white and have confidence in
their own uniqueness, originality, and individuality. Through
this point he exposes this point by analyzing the conflict
between being Black but wanting to be White.
Class Notes: Reading Hughes
With the partner at your table, read The
Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain
While reading, write down the quotes you, as
a pair, think are most important (at least 5)
Well read the first paragraph together
2 Cent Discussion
You each have 2 sticky notes
Write down something on each sticky note
For example: A quote and what you think it means
For example: An observation or inference you made
and how you noticed it
Raise your hand to share
Once youve shared, call on someone with
their hand up
Use all your sticky notes and you only have
answer 2 out of 4 questions on the
homework
Creative Writing