US History II

Today for our workshop, you’ll work to find a brief (but historically accurate) group answer to your assigned question, and then present your findings to the rest of the class. Within your group you should have enough people to fill at least these roles, although the whole group should work together on the research:

A scribe (completes the worksheet)
A spokesperson (reports to the rest of the class – 1-2 minutes MAX)
A fact-checker (assesses the quality/reliability of the sources your group uses)
Researchers (locating and synthesizing information)

You can use additional resources if you want, but steer clear of Wikipedia, Infoplease, Ask.com, YahooAnswers and similar sites.

Your group should be ready to report at 5 after the hour!

Online Resources

Early Jazz or 1920s Jazz (PBS Culture Shock)
American Jazz Culture in the Early 1920s (University of Minnesota Duluth)
Harlem History – Columbia University
Harlem: A History in Pictures – New York Metro
Harlem Renaissance and the Flowering of Creativity (Library of Congress)
The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance (Encyclopedia Britannica)
Harlem Renaissance (John Carroll University, best view in Internet Explorer)
Digital Harlem (University of Sydney)
The Cotton Club of Harlem (Encyclopedia Britannica)
The Cotton Club (PBS)
Marcus Garvey, UNIA Papers (UCLA)
Marcus Garvey (National Humanities Center)
“After 200 Years, 125th is Still Harlem’s Main Street” (Columbia Spectator)
Harlem 1900-1940 (Schomburg Center)

And from the “Harlem’s Still the Symbolic Heart of American Black Culture” department –

“Long Before the Harlem Shake…” (NPR)
and
“Fader Explains: The Harlem Shake” (Fader)
“The Harlem Shake is Dead, Long Live the Harlem Shake” (Time)