This is why I love teachers! I was working with the awsomest set of teachers in my group this week, focusing on the literary circles and parties that happened during the Harlem Renaissance. We worked hard to create a multi-genre project (I'm writing snippets of conversations from a party, and a poem by Langston Hughes (well, channeling Langston Hughes- no pressure)). Today a man came up from the Lincoln Center to give a presentation and teach us about the music of the Renaissance- specifically jazz. We watched a clip of an old Bessie Smith movie, sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing" around a piano (which was VERY powerful) (oh, and check out the kid that sings it in the link...he's amazing! I just found it on YouTube and spent a few minutes listening to his other stuff!) and then listened to a few Duke Ellington pieces and drew pictures. As a group we picked one picture to tell a story (they picked mine showing a man sitting on a couch (back view) and a woman's hat and glove just peeking around a door). It was set to "Black and Tan Fantasy" if anyone wants to look it up. My art was very bad, but the story was quite good, which we then turned into a skit and preformed for the class. I loved it! 
I played the part of the man, and so, as good teachers do, we became resourceful and made hats (since that was a specific part of the story). My friend, and coworker Neveen, carefully taped mine to my head. I heart teachers!
I played the part of the man, and so, as good teachers do, we became resourceful and made hats (since that was a specific part of the story). My friend, and coworker Neveen, carefully taped mine to my head. I heart teachers!
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