Blog Entry #5

Honestly, I didn't really know anything about the Harlem Renaissance before I started reading Dr. Wintz' book. What surprised me most was the fact that it simply wasn't taught in my high school. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that other history teachers today don't know much about it either.

It was intersting to see so many Kansas connections. One does not typically think of Kansas and Harlem in the same context. I really enjoyed reading some of the poems by Langston Hughes and others. I am beginning to get an idea of how I can use this in my classroom so that, as adults, my students are ignorant of it also.