Rent Parties

Using colorful animations like this one will pique the students interest.

At this stage learners will be informed of what they are expected to know at the end of the unit. In this

example the objective is for them to be able to provide answers to questions about rent parties.

Students will be asked to recall prior knowledge of what they learned about this time period in

previous lectures.

In this module Marian interviews pianist Red Richards about how he got interested in jazz. He reveals he was taken to rent party and describes what they were like.

Pictures and music will be used at this stage to aid with learning. Also discussion of other well-known artists, writers, and musicians who contributed during the Harlem Renaissance .

Students will be give a multi-media presentation of their interpretation of what it was like to be at rent party.

Watch presentations and give guidance.

Students will be asked to define a rent parties, describe what went on during a rent party, and other specifics that were mentioned in the module.

Students will build on what they learned in this module and apply it to the next module in order to get a complete representation of the period.

•http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/harlem/parties.html

•http://www.tcnj.edu/~messmer2/index.htm

•http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/

presentations/timeline/progress/prohib/rent.html

•http://www.kottke.org/08/02/harlem-rent-parties-and-fats-waller

•http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/25/theater/theater-learning-the-moves-of-harlem-circa-

1930.html?pagewanted=1