Need history help with Harlem Renaissance Poets

The Project Paper focuses on a suggested topic related to art, architecture,
history, music, or literature. The project will reflect your views and
interpretation of the topic. This project is designed to help you stretch your
mind and your abilities to be the creative, innovative, and critical thinker you
already are!  

Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices below. Read the
topic carefully. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper (750-1,000 words) that
responds to each of the items described in the topic. 

For the topic you choose:

1. Support your ideas with specific, illustrative examples. If there are
   questions or points associated with your chosen topic, be sure to answer all of
   the listed questions and address all of the items in that topic. If your topic
   asks you to do several things related to the topic, be sure to do each of the
   things listed.
2. While some of the topics tend to lend themselves toward particular writing
   genres, you are not restricted to the specific format suggested for the
   individual topic. For example, you may do an “interview,” a “proposal,” a
   “letter,” a “short story,” a “blog,” an “essay,” an “article,” or any other
   written genre for almost any of the topics. The project is intended to be fun as
   well as informative, so feel free to be creative with the delivery of your
   information. 
3. Use at least three (3) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source
   being the class text.
   Note: Wikipedia and other
   similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources. You are highly encouraged
   to use the Resource Center tab at the top of your Blackboard page. 

Topic choice: Harlem  Renaissance,  Langston Hughes & W. E. B. Du Bois

Harlem Renaissance Poets.
Essay & Poem. Choose two (2) poems by different authors from the
Harlem Renaissance. Write an essay that: 

1. Describes each author’s role and importance within the Harlem
   Renaissance. 
2. Identify the elements in each of their poems in which you see evidence of
   the “double-consciousness” being expressed by each author. 
3. Fully describe at least two (2) primary themes you see in the poetry written
   during this time period, referring to specific lines in each of the poems. 
4. Write your own poem that expresses these identified themes of the Harlem
   Renaissance.  

The Project Paper will be graded on:

• The level to which the instructions were followed.

• The extent to which all four (4) parts in the topic were
  addressed.

• The adequacy of information, examples, and details which support the general
  claim or main  idea.

• The clarity and relevance of the explanations and descriptions.

• Adherence to standard rules of grammar, punctuation, and
  mechanics.

• The inclusion of three (3) required references (two [2] additional sources
  besides your textbook) documented using APA style.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch
  margins on all sides; references must follow APA Style format. Check with your
  professor for any additional instructions specific to the selected topic.
  (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the
  Additional Resources section of their Student Center within their course shell
  for reference)

• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s
  name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and
  the reference page are not included in the required page length. 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment
are:

• Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to
  historical changes.

• Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic
  expressions within a historical context. 

• Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and
  socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions. 

• Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the
  Renaissance to the contemporary period.

• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of
  world cultures.

• Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing
  mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the
following rubric found here.