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Cranston High School West Library: Perentin - Harlem Renaissance

Research Question and Task Description

Choose one artist from the list below or you a person of your choice approved by the teacher

  • Research your chosen topic, and formulate a position on how your subjects' work contributed to gaining greater visibility for African Americans in mainstream culture, how it impacted society, or how their life experiences impacted their work. 

  • Create an informative research slide project, using textual evidence and source material to support your ideas.

  • Create a work cited slide that includes all the works you borrowed information from

Key Figures of the Harlem Renaissance

  • Langston Hughes
  • Jessie Fauset
  • James Van Der Zee
  • Zora Neale Hurston
  • Bessie Smith
  • Aaron Douglas
  • Duke Ellington
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Jacob Lawrence
  • Marcus Garvey
  • W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Alice Dunbar Nelson
  • Billie Holiday

My Bib

MyBib Instructions

Directions for creating a Works Cited page in MyBib

  1. Create or log into your account
  2. Start New Project
  3. Name the Project
  4. Add Citations (+Citations)
  • Website
  • Copy and paste URL
  • Click on website result
  • Try to find missing or incorrect information in website article
  • Click “Save”
  • Book with one Author
  • Click Book Tab
  • Type in ISBN number
  • Click on correct title
  • Click “Save”
  • Chapter in a Book
  • Find under “More”
  • Choose “Book Chapter”
  • Fill in information
  • Click "Save"
  • Database/E-Book articles
  • Copy formatted citation from database
  • Find under “More”
  • Choose Write/paste
  • Paste
  • Click “Save”
  1. When you are finished adding all citations 
  2. “Download Bibliography”
  3. Download to Google Drive
  4. Copy and paste the Works Cited page into your paper

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