Title: Include American and
Archetype
Student name
Lorraine Hansberry: Revolutionary
Kimberly
Introduce the main ideas of your presentation
•Share the main points of how the American
fits the archetype
Expression
Equality
Freedom
Provide meaningful text
• Text and quotes should be short enough to be read
and understood quickly
• Text and quotes should be long enough to add value
to the presentation
• Text and quotes should be directly related to the point
of emphasis in the presentation
• Slide titles should highlight the focus of the slide
within your presentation
Background
• Lorraine Hansberry was the youngest of
four children.
• Hansberry’s family struggled against
segregation.
• Supreme Court case Hansberry v. Lee
• Carl Hansberry was also a supporter of
the Urban League and NAACP in Chicago.
• Both Hansberrys were active in the
Chicago Republican Party.
Background: Hansberry
• Lorraine Hansberry was born at Provident Hospital on the South Side of Chicago on May
19, 1930. She was the youngest of Nannie Perry Hansberry and Carl Augustus Hansberry’s
four children. Her father founded Lake Street Bank, one of the first banks for blacks in
Chicago, and ran a successful real estate business. Her uncle was William Leo Hansberry, a
scholar of African studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
• Many prominent African American social and political leaders visited the Hansberry
household during Lorraine’s childhood including sociology professor W.E.B. DuBois, poet
Langston Hughes, actor and political activist Paul Robeson, musician Duke Ellington and
Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens.
• Despite their middle-class status, the Hansberrys were subject to segregation. When she
was 8 years old, Hansberry’s family deliberately attempted to move into a restricted
neighborhood. Restrictive covenants, in which white property owners agreed not to sell to
blacks, created a ghetto known as the “Black Belt” on Chicago’s South Side. Carl
Hansberry, with the help of Harry H. Pace, president of the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance
Company and several white realtors, secretly bought property at 413 E. 60th Street and
6140 S. Rhodes Avenue. The Hansberrys moved into the house on Rhodes Avenue in May
1937. The family was threatened by a white mob, which threw a brick through a window,
narrowly missing Lorraine. The Supreme Court of Illinois upheld the legality of the
restrictive covenant and forced the family to leave the house.
Editing is defiantly
important
• Errors can destract engaged, intelligent
audience members
• Even clever visuals and engaging
speaking cannot make up for [add in list
later]
• Vague stuff can cause more questions
then answers
• Visual aids should aid understanding;
errors distract from meaning
Provide meaningful visuals
• Text should be readable – consider size, font,
and background
• Photos or clip art should be related to text and
aid in understanding
• Choosing the first MS Powerpoint template
available will not make your presentation more
memorable
Gatsby
“There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In
his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the
whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I
watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the
hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound,
drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce
became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in
the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like
a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants,
including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes
and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.”
– The Great Gatsby
The American Dream:
Liberty
“I was a-trembling, because
I’d got to decide, forever,
betwixt two things . . . and
then says to myself: ‘All
right then, I’ll go to hell’—
and tore it up. It was awful
thoughts and awful words,
but they was said.”
– The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Conclude your presentation
•Review key focal points and evidence
•Highlight universality of presentation
•Conclude with finality
Photo credits: Web links only
• http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/elijah-wood/images/6535560/title/huckfinn-jim-wallpaper
• http://www.123rf.com/photo_6667948_clown-vector.html
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:We_Can_Edit.jpg
• http://www.humanevents.com/2012/12/05/ann-coulter-america-nears-eltipping-pointo/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
• **All textual sources should be fully cited in your written assignment. Only
include photo credits at the end of your presentation if you have collected
images from websites.
Other presentation tips
•Practice!
•Time yourself: 3-5 minutes
•Ensure that your powerpoint or
other visual is saved in the drop box
or turned in by the due date