Harlem Stomp!
Publication Information
Author:  Hill, Laban Carrick	Illustrator:
Title:  Harlem Stomp!	Date:  2003
Publisher:  Little Brown	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-316-81411-3	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, photographic essay, reference
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies| language arts - reading
Summary:
Subtitled "A cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance," this book has 10 chapters that address how Harlem came to be a cultural "magnet" in the 1920s. The book interweaves history, poetry, and archival photos that brings the cultural history of Harlem to toe-tapping life. Nikki Giovanni introduced it and Christopher Myers did the jacket cover.
Teaching Ideas:
Any of the main issues could provide focus for further study. Readers can develop newspaper articles based on each chapter. Students may want to identify important figures and learn more about them via the WWW or other books in this collection (see keywords). Map work would be an asset. Students might also want to explore life in Harlem today with Uptown and WWW resources. Teachers will want to supplement the book with collections of poems, art work, and recorded music.
Teaching Strategies:
Clustering    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/clustering.pdf
Creating a Classroom Magazine    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/create_class_zine.pdf
Helping Students in the Writing Process    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
Strategies to Support Collaboration    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/strategies_collab.pdf
Unsent Letters    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Ellington, Duke Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Hughes, Langston Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Hurston, Zora Neale Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > New York > Harlem History > region > U.S. history > Harlem Renaissance Music Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism Art and Photography > art > artists Communities > historical

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