Annotated Resources

Resource
Medium
Love That Dog by Sharon Book
Creech

How to Teach Art to

Children

Teacher's
Guide

Making Thinking Visible

by Ron Ritchhart, Mark
Church, Karin Morrison

Book

Harlem, a poem by
Walter Dean Myers,
pictures by Christopher
Myers
Harlem STOMP!: a
cultural history of the
Harlem Renaissance

Childrens
Book

Book

The Harlem Renaissnace: Book

20th Century
Perspectives by Adam R.
Schaefer
Poetry for Young People: Book
Langston Hughes by
David Roessel

Annotation
Written in a series of freeverse poems from a young
boy's point of view.

Limitations/Comments
There is a collection of poems that are referenced
throughout the book at the back. Great resource. A
wonderful mix of diary, free verse, and narrative. Grades
3-7.
Includes 7 art elements and It says Grade 1-6 but a lot of the projects, I would not do
over 100 projects with step- with students above the age of 8.
by-step directions
This book offers educators During group discussions, I often listen to student
research-based solutions
comments and wonder, "Where did that come from?" This
for creating cultures of
book offers many solutions to documenting students'
thinking. It includes
thinking. I used the See-Think-Wonder routine with 5th
routines, designed by
Grade students. They enjoy it!
researchers at Project Zero
at Harvard, that scaffold
and support students'
thinking.
Fiction/Poetry. Beuatiful
I am using this book to introduce my students to the Unit.
collages on every page.
It's a YA read aloud fr sure.

A young ault trade book

that covers the Harlem
Renaissance in full detail. It
includes poetry, prose,
photographs, paintings, and
historical documents.
Age Range: 10-12 years; a
straightforward description
of the time period.
A perfect introduction to
Hughes' poetry. The poems
are paired with paintings by
Benny Andrews. 26 poems
in all that have been
carefully selected and
annotated by two
academics.

I was not able to use this with my 5th Grade students, but
it served as a great source of background knowledge
prepping for my unit.

This is the best piece of informational text that I could

find for the grade level. A lot of resources out there are
too advanced for 5th Grader students.
I used many poems from this selection because of their
appropriateness for 5th Grade students. Many of Hughes'
poems have language that I do not feel comfortable
teaching.

Annotated Resources
The Harlem Renaissnace:
An Interactive History
Adventure by Allison
Lassieur

Jazz by Walter Dean

Myers, illustrated by
Christopher Myers

Childrens
Book

http://www.sfmoma.org/ Video
explore/multimedia/video
s/205
Romare Bearden: Collage Book
of Memories by Jan
Greenberg

The Block by Langston

Hughes

Childrens
Book

The Great Migration by

Jacob Lawrence

Childrens
Book

I, Too, America by
Langston Hughes

Childrens
Book

3 story paths, 46 choices,

21 endings. This book is a
neat way to teach about
real people and it gives the
students the ability to
choose what happens. The
choices the students
Wonderfully illustrated book
that shows the connection
between jazz, poetry and
the visual arts.
Romare Bearden speaks
about his use of imagery
and symbols in his collages.

I was not able to use it during my Unit but it is a grade

appropriate text that could be definitely be used by
students. They would enjoy the CHOICE they had in
writing the story.

Biography of artist,
recounting his life, his
Southern childhood, life in
NYC, and how he came to
develop his own style of
collage.
Collection of 12 poems
about Harlem paired with
Romare Bearden's collage
painting, The Block. Ages 9
and up.
This narrative tells the story
of those that journeyed
north in serach of
employment in the
industrial cities of the
North. Lawrence's panels
truly capture the emotions
of the struggles of so many
African Americans.
The poetic verse of
Langston Hughes is paried
with the visionary
illustrations of Bryan Collier.

I am using this as a reference book for my students

during their culminating project. They are emulating
Bearden's style while creating a collage of their own. It is
helpful to see so many reproductions of his work in one
place.

Anything by Walter Dean Myers

Short video that really explains why he uses symbols in

his collages.

I like this colleciton of poems for the depiction of a street

in Harlem. The pairings of pictures and poems really fit
well with my Unit.

I used this book to introduce the Great Migration. In

particular, Lawrence's Panel No.1.

Annotated Resources
BrainPop video on the
Harlem Renaissance

Video

History Channel (3 min.) Video

Intro. to the Harlem
Renaissance
"The Art of Romare
Bearden: Collages Fuse
Essence of Old Harlem,
American South

Article, NPR

Poetry Foundation

Website

Short video that covers the

reasons behind the cultural
awakening that was the
Harlem Renaissance.
Short video that covers the
reasons behind the cultural
awakening that was the
Harlem Renaissance.
Short article that declares
Bearden, "one of America's
most important and
inventive artists." Gives
some biographical
information
Online collection of poems
of all kinds.

My students love anything BrainPop!

Accesible for my fifth grade students. Short and to the

point.

Short article that is grade appropriate with regards to

language and reading level.

I found all of the poems that I used fo rmy unti on this

website. You can search by different categories which I
found helpful.