Invisible Man and the Harlem Renaissance - Connecting Literature with Visual Art (view)
Units included with this Open Author resource:
- Open-Source Links and Ideas for Classroom Use
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- Learning goals:
- Understand how to read and analyze visual media., Explore the connection across media formats., Explore the connection between literature and historical setting., Compare and contrast a variety of texts and text features.
- Keywords:
- African American Art, Primary Source Documents, Visual Media, Invisible Man
- Alignment:
- VA.ELA.11.8, VA.ELA.11.4.b
Summary
This resource pairs visual and written primary resources. The works of art with have been chosen from the American Art collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Art. Students will pair visual media with a paired piece of literature, in this case, Invisible Man by Ralph Waldo Ellison, to help explore the connection between and across art forms as well as the connection between art and its historical setting.