Prompt: What do these items under closer analysis tell us about Harlem as a place (or physical or imagined); “What is Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance according to the items you have picked out?” there OR a prompt of your own design.
Remember your Goals(800 words)
- Poses and answers a question or offer an interpretive or analytical claim about space, place, and/ or the people of Harlem
- avoid the obvious (in other words, it won’t argue a conclusion that most readers could reach on their own from general knowledge )
- support its main points with strong evidence from the story
- use careful reasoning to explain how that evidence relates to the main points of the interpretative claim.
- The equivalent of a critical response essay with research
- Must include at least 1 secondary resource
- Contextualize textual material or archival material
- Must include at least 2 forms of media AND quotation that is being close read
- Categories (e.g. Blog # 3, and other related categories)
- Citations and links; works cited at the bottom
- Few Grammatical Errors
Animoto or Youtube (requires gmail account) used to create 1-2 min trailer or preview for blog ( this part of the blog post effort based. You get credit for creating the trailer). Animoto or youtube preview for your post must be included. This is intended to make you reflect on your work through media and draw readers in.
FOR SUBMISSION: Post here on Blogs@Baruch and put a hyperlink in text box for this assignment file in Blackboard. Note, this blog will be assessed based on the quality of writing, interpretation, and analysis. You may also want to think of it as a matter of “how ell did I answer the question I posed?”