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Harlem Renaissance | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson

Harlem Renaissance slideshow lesson in PowerPoint that pairs a reading passage and video on the Great Migration, jazz, and Black writers and artists with a word-bank activity and a four-sentence summary.
Grades
Grades 6–9, Middle School, High School
File type
Microsoft PowerPoint
Use
Digital activity

Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
Social Studies, History, History: USA
Topic
Harlem, Renaissance
Resource types
Teacher Tools, Lesson Plans
Use
Digital activity

About this resource

What's inside this resource

This reading comprehension deck is the perfect accessory to your Social Studies instruction! This digital slideshow presents Harlem Renaissance.

Within this slideshow, you will receive:

-Video Lesson

-Reading Passage w/ Audio

-Close Reading

-Quick Write

The informational texts included in this resource alongside the informal assessments will keep your students engaged from beginning to end.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Explain how the Great Migration connects to the Harlem Renaissance
  • Use key terms from an informational text in context
  • Write a sequenced summary of an informational passage

Teaching tips

  • Students need a device to play the embedded video and audio when working through the slides.

Skills covered

  • Vocabulary in context — completing supporting sentences with terms from a word bank
  • Summarizing — writing four sentences that begin with First, Next, Also and Last

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Harlem Renaissance
  • Great Migration
  • Jazz
  • Summarizing

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