1920’s Jazz Age Interdisciplinary Unit
5th
Tuesday
Monday
grade
Language
Arts
Math
Social
Studies
Science
Poetry
Objectives
Summarize
the history
and
chronology of
the Harlem
Renaissance
Identify
prices of
common
items of
1920’s and
today’s
market.
Look for
people that
made
history in
the 1920’s
up to the
Great
Depression
Compare
and
Contrast
technology
of today and
the decade
of the 20’s.
Song and
lyrics of the
Harlem
Renaissance
I will recognize
the difference
between Great
Depression of
1929 and
today’s
economic
depression.
(Make a table
of events
that occurred
at the Harlem
Renaissance,
and events
occurring this
year; identify
key
vocabulary)
Research
various
literary
selections
that portray
the Harlem,
respond to
jazz pieces,
Video tapes
(work on
the
worksheet,
identify
today’s
prices using
newspaper
ads)
Working
from Tchart,
create bar
and line
graphs
comparing
prices of
common
items from
1920’s and
present.
Review
parts of a
graph.
Research
Zora Neale
Hurston
(Make a
collage
contrasting
pictures)
Summarize
10
important
facts on a
note card.
Research
Jessie
Redmon
Fauset
Summarize
in 10
important
facts on a
note card.
Research
information
on the first
movie made
with sound.
(“talkie”
start
building a
box movie
with
gathered
information)
Langston
Hughes
poetry, and
look for social
conditions in
the early part
of the
century, and
present.
Billie Holiday
quotes
Identify social
conditions
that
influenced
Billie
Holiday’s
music.
I will learn how
to research
information on
historical
events.
Wednesday
Compare and
contrast
historical and
fictionalized
versions of
the jazz
scenes of
Harlem
Renaissance.
Use table
comparing
average
incomes
from both
time
periods to
create line
and bar
graphs.
Research
Alain Locke
Synthesize
information
on the
various
poetries;
review key
vocabulary:
Create a
household
budget
using
average
prices and
incomes
from
Depression
years and
present.
Research
Ralph
Waldo
Ellison
1.Harlem
Renaissance
Thursday
2.
Improvisation
3. Depression
4. Synthesize
5.
Fictionalized
6. Household
7.Construct
8.Budget
9. Migration
10.
Stereotypes
Working on
the box
movie
Discuss jazz as
art form and
improvisation.
Practice free
writing as an
exercise in
improvisation.
Provide
prompts.
I will
understand
what
improvisation is
and I will
comprehend
what is
historical fiction
and historical
poetry.
Using
electricity.
Brainstorm
ideas of how
electricity
allows for
modern
living.
Identify key
inventions
from the
1920’s that
use
electricity
that we still
use today.
Introduce
“jazz poetry”
Read
Langston
Hughes’
poem
“Jazzonia”.
Listen to
music and
allow
students to
practice free
writing jazz
poems.
I will gain
knowledge of
what the
vocabulary
words mean. I
will be able to
apply them on
my poems.
Summarize
in 10
important
facts on a
note card.
Summarize
in 10
important
facts on a
note card.
I will be able to
know the
difference and
equalities of
economic issues
of the 1920 and
present day.
Friday
Construct a
poem to
present to
the class.
Create a pie
chart for
each
household
budget.
Review
percentages
and how to
make a pie
chart.
Make a
time line
using all the
information
on the
Harlem
Renaissance
(Box movie
maker).
Standards
US History: Strand 1, Concept 7 (p. 32-37)
Economics: Strand 5
Arts: Strand 2, Concept 1
Music: Strand 2, Concept 1 and 2
Create a six
frame story
board with
illustrations
on how
would it be
to live with
no
electricity
Listen to a
song and
write your
thoughts
creating a jazz
poem. (free
writing)
I will learn how
to gather all
information and
but it on a box
movie.
I will learn how
to write my
thoughts on
paper.