Students will analyze various poems by Langston Hughes and write a constructed response based on the readings.  This task can and should be completed in conjunction with 7th grade history lessons on the Harlem Renaissance.  ** This performance assessment was developed by a collaborative team of teachers and division staff from Middlesex, Poquoson, and West Point school divisions.

The student will use the poetry of Phillis Wheatley, Jacqueline Woodson, Countee Cullen, and Amanda Gorman to draw conclusions about the historic eras in which they wrote.

USII.6    The student will apply social science skills to understand the social, economic, and technological changes of the early twentieth century byd)         analyzing the causes of the Great Depression, its impact on Americans, and the major features of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New DealAfter students complete a gallary walk of primary source photos from the Great Depression era they should examine the picture and take on the role of a newspaper journalist.  Write a news article that would have been in the newspaper during the Great Depression that corresponds to the photo. Remember to record the name the selected photography, create a title for your article and include the six main components of an article: who, what, when, where, why, and how.