The Harlem Renaissance: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose History) by Allison Lassieur

The Harlem Renaissance: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose History) Reviews

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  Stephanie ((Strazzybooks))

  I randomly found this book while researching the Harlem Renaissance and found it on Kindle Unlimited. It is very interesting, especially as it uses Kindle to add a more interactive element to the 'choose your own adventure' (though sometimes the clicking around was clunky).
  
  I loved the variety of stories and went through the choices a few different times. The main pieces give great detail about the Harlem Renaissance and can inspire readers to expand their research into other subtopics. This book could be used in many interesting ways in Language Arts or History classes and the book includes classroom ideas. I'm off to read The Great Wall one next!
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  Barbara

  Readers have the chance to choose from three different paths after leaving their family's small Alabama farm for city life. They can choose to travel to New York or Chicago in 1919, to be a writer in 1925 Harlem, or explore the nightlife of Harlem in 1927. As readers turn the pages, they are faced with choices, some of which lead them all the way back home, and some of which spell disaster and a quick end to any dreams of a bright future. The book is filled with photographs and brief appearances from some Harlem's brightest lights and legends, including Zora Neale Hurston, Fats Waller, and Jessie Fauset, among others. The concluding chapter describes the end of this period of creativity, dubbed the Harlem Renaissance. It provides a good introduction to the excitement of the time.
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  Jenni Frencham

  This series is very similar to the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books I read as a child. The difference here is that the You Choose books teach about a specific time period in history. The various choices the reader can make throughout the book still makes this a popular series with my students. And the timeline, glossary, bibliography, and index ensure that these books align with Common Core.
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  AnnieM

  I never tire of these books. There is something about putting the reader in the shoes of a character and making the reader choose where to go.
  
  Seemingly simple choices will get you mugged or killed while the same thing could happen if you made what you thought was a boring choice.
  
  I like this one better than most, but my love of Jazz should have made that clear.
  
  The only hard part is making sure I read all the choices.
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  Jovon Jones

  I really like this book it talks about African American culture in the 1920s.