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Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Reflection INTRODUCTION In 1940-41 artist Jacob Lawrence created a sixty-panel narrative of The Migration of the Negro (The Migration Series) based on research as well as the experience of his family, and the memories of people in his community. This story of migration in pictures and words shows the struggle and strength of African Americans who, between 1900 and the 1930s moved from the American South to the industrial cities of the North and Midwest in search of a better life. MIGRATION Moving from one country, region, or place to settle in another. IMMIGRATION Moving from one's native land to a country in order to settle there. NEGRO African-Americans used to be identified as negroes. Negro is an old fashioned term used to refer to people of African descent, living in the Americas and the Caribbean. Back to the Beginning TASK In this webquest you will:
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LITERATURE RESOURCES Jamie Gilson, Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs, New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1985 Bette Bao Lord, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, New York: Harper and Row, 1984 Walter Dean Myers, The Great Migration: An American Story with Paintings by Jacob Lawrence, New York: HarperCollins, 1993 Clare Pastore, Aniela Kaminski's Story: A Voyage from Poland During World War II (Journey to America), Berkley Publishing Group, 2001 Clare Pastore, Chantrea Conway's Voyage from Cambodia in 1975 (Journey to America), Berkley Publishing Group, 2001 Clare Pastore, Fiona McGilray's Story: A Voyage from Ireland in 1849 (Journey to America, 1), Berkley Publishing Group, 2001 Maxine Rosenberg, Making a New Home in America, New York: Morrow, 1986 WEB RESOURCES MIGRATION Seven letters from the Northern newspaper, the Chicago Defender, expressing the desire of Southern African Americans to migrate North. http://www.historymatters.gmu.edu/text/541b-letters.html Letters of the Great Migration. http://www.people.Memphis.edu/~kenichls/WA4Letters.htm Links, articles, images that address many aspects of the Great Migration. http://www.northbysouth.org/1998/ Documents the movement of African Americans from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago, with related subjects. http://www.northbysouth.org/1999/index.htm IMMIGRATION Teen Story about Immigration. http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/shows/show_teen_immigrants5.html Personal stories of immigration. http://www.pbs.org/kcet/newamericans/3.0/personalstories.html Written by Cuban immigrants. http://www.streamnologies.com/cc-peter-pan.htm A brief background about immigration in America. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/immig/immig.html Discover immigrant life in America while playing the role of a historian detective. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/activity/port/html/disklp8.html Back to the Beginning EVALUATION You will be evaluated on the pictorial narrative that you create based on an interview with an adult who has migrated or immigrated to the United States. Your teacher may also choose to create rubrics for evaluation.
Back to the Beginning REFLECTION Compare your migration or immigration narrative with the stories that you found on the web. What is similar? What is different? With your teacher, research the history of migration and immigration in your neighborhood, city, or community. Use your local library and websites. Invite a local historian to your class. Conduct interviews with people who have migrated or immigrated to the area. Report what you discover by making a book, video, or computer presentation. Back to the Beginning |
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