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Classroom Snapshots: Harlem Renaissance and Black History
Folsom Cordova's teachers strive daily to make lessons come alive and engage students in learning that celebrates diversity and differences - helping students better understand and prepare for the world around them. For some educators, this year's Black History Month was an additional opportunity to dig even deeper into rich cultural contributions.
One example: U.S. History students at Vista del Lago High School recently explored the long-lasting literary and cultural contributions of African American artists whose work rose to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance era.
Vista students learned about the social trends and innovations that shaped popular culture in the 1920s in works of art, music and literature. They studied literature from Langston Hughes, artwork by Palmer Hayden and jazz music by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith to name a few of the many African American artists they studied.