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Roaring 1920s Packet

:The Students Will Know: 

How African Americans contributed to the culture of the 1920s, specifically in the Harlem Renaissance

The economic factors that led to the boom of the 1920s

How the role of women changed in the 1920s

Cultural climate of the 1920s and 1930s

·      Art: Georgia O’Keeffe, an artist known for urban scenes and, later, paintings of the Southwest

·      Literature: F. Scott Fitzgerald, a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s; John Steinbeck, a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during the 1930s

·      Music: Aaron Copland and George Gershwin, composers who wrote uniquely American music

Harlem Renaissance

African American artists, writers, and musicians based in Harlem revealed the freshness and variety of African American culture.

·      Art: Jacob Lawrence, a painter who chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration through art

·      Literature: Langston Hughes, a poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots

·      Music: Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, jazz musicians; Bessie Smith, a blues singer