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8th
Grade Social Studies Homework Assignments
Due Friday, February 16, 2007
I. Duke Ellington - Reading
II. Duke Ellington - Questions
III. Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance
One of America's most
powerful African American painters, William H. Johnson (1901–1970)
developed his talent along a path that took him from the southern United
States to New York to Europe and back again. Born in Florence, South
Carolina, he left the rural south when he was seventeen and moved to
Harlem. Work as a hotel porter, short-order cook, and dockworker allowed
him to save enough money to enter the art school of the National Academy of
Design.
Writing
Prompt – To the right is his painting, Jacobia Hotel. Write a reflection about what you see in
this painting. Why might have
Johnson chosen this subject? What
do you think he was trying to say?
IV. Visual Arts
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One of America's most
powerful African American painters, William H. Johnson (1901–1970)
developed his talent along a path that took him from the southern United
States to New York to Europe and back again. Born in Florence, South
Carolina, he left the rural south when he was seventeen and moved to
Harlem. Work as a hotel porter, short-order cook, and dockworker allowed
him to save enough money to enter the art school of the National Academy of
Design. Writing
Prompt – To the right is his painting, Jacobia Hotel. Write a reflection about what you see in
this painting. Why might have
Johnson chosen this subject? What
do you think he was trying to say? |