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Room for complete responses
RST packages include labeled response pages for daily work and short answers. Each digital written-response field allows 1,000 characters. Each final RACE task has two dedicated writing pages with 48 ruled lines in print and digital continuation fields. Use the original questions and the matching page labels.
Grades 6–12 pathways
Purple Ma’at headers appear throughout the PDFs. Included grade band pathways connect evidence analysis and argument to NJSLS and Common Core for Grades 6–8, 9–10, and 11–12. Original readings and advanced content are retained, with scaffolding or extension by grade band.
The Harlem Renaissance
Maps included Geographic activities include reference maps with a compass rose, scale, and legend. Modern reference maps are distinguished from historical maps. Updated October 15, 2026.
Explore migration, cultural identity and creative expression through the five themes of geography.
The complete set includes the student packet, teacher notes and answer key in PDF.
Five day lesson sequence
- Day 1 · Migration and the growth of Harlem. Connect Location, Region and Movement with push and pull factors, community networks and belonging.
- Day 2 · Literature and cultural memory. Study Hughes, Hurston and Fauset. Examine Place and how families with Black and Indigenous histories can preserve knowledge across distance.
- Day 3 · Music and visual expression. Explore jazz, blues and visual art. Use Human Environment Interaction to examine neighborhood spaces and Movement to trace ideas.
- Day 4 · Cultural pride and competing ideas. Compare brief primary source excerpts by Du Bois and Hughes. Distinguish the Great Migration from forced Indigenous removal and consider land ties and cultural continuity.
- Day 5 · Assessment and RACE writing. Complete 12 multiple choice questions and a written response using geographic themes and source evidence, scored with a 19 point rubric.
All five geography themes
Location, Place, Human Environment Interaction, Movement and Region appear in the readings and geographic inquiries. Movement connects migration with family ties, cultural exchange and changing communities. The packet respects Black Native and Afro Indigenous identities while asking students to support conclusions about particular families and Native nations with evidence.
Student materials
The packet includes Days 1 through 4 Do Nows, vocabulary definitions and word origins, source readings, geographic inquiries, Quick Writes and exit tickets. It includes student name, date and section fields, continuous response lines, the Day 5 assessment and source references. All required readings are included.
Teacher materials
The separate 8 page guide includes 40 minute lesson pacing with I Do, We Do and They Do, daily response guidance, assessment answers, a RACE exemplar and 19 point rubric. It provides differentiation, Amistad connections, Danielson planning connections and NJSLS English Language Arts alignment with a Social Studies civics extension.
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View the Day 1 reading and geography connection
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