Langston Hughes:

Webquest

 

 

Task II Process II Evaluation II Conclusion II Credits II

 

 

Introduction

 

For this assignment you will pretend that you are a newsperson that is researching Langston Hughes for a major interview on CBS with Oprah Winjoy about this famous writer and the era in which he wrote in.  In order to get the interview with her, the class will be asking each of you questions to see who knows the most about him and the Harlem Renaissance.

 

 

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Task

 

Working in groups of four you will each be assigned a job.  Once you have decided who will complete what job, you will get to work on exploring the life of Langston Hughes, a famous African author who thrived during the Harlem Renaissance.  A poster will be presented to the class at the end of this assignment.

 

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Process

 

1.     Background of Langston Hughes – Look up the answers to the following questions on this worksheet.

2.     Come up with two different photographs of the Harlem Renaissance era that you can print and put on a poster.

3.     Each group will work together to write a three-paragraph paper about the life of Langston Hughes (this will also be put on your poster).

4.     Mapping!  I would like each group to draw a map on your group poster where Langston Hughes was born.  This website will help you out!  Just click on our continent, then click on the United States, and finally, the state he is from and it will give you a detailed map of that state!!  Have fun!

5.     Go to poets page and explore additional information about Langston Hughes.  Why do you think his poems were so important during the Harlem Renaissance?  Please click on I, Too, Sing America and complete a Quick Write.

6.     Go to Harlem (click on a Place Called Harlem) on a tour.  Each group must choose two spots that they want to learn about.  Please put those two locations on your poster (you may use a drawing, photograph, write a paragraph, or write a poem about what that spot meant to writers during this dynamic time).

 

 

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Evaluation

 

Langston Hughes Group Project Rubric- Print out this rubric to help guide you, good luck!

 

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Conclusion

 

Each group will submit their poster to the class and “teach” the rest of us what they learned.  The class will then choose a winning group to do the interview with Oprah Winjoy about Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance.  The winners will be filmed live to perform their interview on the Parsley Today Show!!

 

 

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Credits

 

Langston Hughes Photo:  http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/harlem/images/themes/hughes_typing_full.jpg

 

 Mapping:  http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/unitedstates.html

 

Rubric:  http://rubistar.4teachers.org

 

Gathering Information:  http://www.poets.org

 

Researching Harlem:  http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/harlem/placesmain_text.html

 

Researching Langston Hughes  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/writers/hughes

 

 

 

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