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- I AM STILL NOT FEELING WELL, COME IN AND SIT DOWN. G ET READY FOR A SERIOUS DISCUSSION ! Content Objective: Students will discover the reasons behind the Great Migration. The will be able to outline the who, when and why for this move. Language Objective: Students will discuss and write the meanings of the words Migration, Renaissance and Depression
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- W ARM -U P In your groups, discuss the meanings of your assigned word. Write down your word and then as a group come up with one long definition or a couple or words describing what the word means. Blue Group: Migration Green Group: Depression Purple Group: Renaissance You will have 15 minutes to complete this activity.
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- T HE G REAT M IGRATION
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- W HAT DOES MIGRATION MEAN ? Migration is the process of moving from one location to another. This could be moving from one country to another country or just moving in the same town! Immigration is a kind of migration !
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- S OME BASIC INFO Who: 500,000 African Americans What: Migrated from the South to the North Where: Large cities such as New York, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and St. Louis
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- W HEN WAS ALL THIS HAPPENING ? The Great Migration happened between 1910 and 1920, especially during World War I.
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- W HY DID SO MANY A FRICAN A MERICANS LEAVE THE SOUTH ? 1. Jobs in the South were scarce (very few) and low paying. African Americans could earn a lot more money in the North
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- 2. African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South. The South was still dealing with the effects of the Civil War, including Jim Crow laws
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- 3. African American moved to northern cities in search of better job opportunities. WWI almost completely stopped immigration from Europe The northern industries needed African Americans to work
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- World War I also increased the demand for goods. This increase in demand meant an even greater need for jobs!
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- I T WASN T EASY THOUGH African Americans also faced discrimination and violence in the North White workers hated the labor competition
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- White homeowners were upset that overcrowded black neighborhoods overflowed into white neighborhoods
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- Chicagos African American population grew from 44,000 in 1910 to 110,000 in 1920. Clevelands African American population grew from 8,000 to 34,000.
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- L ET S R EVIEW : W HY WAS THE G REAT MIGRATION GREAT ? O R WAS IT ?
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- H OMEWORK : Great Migration Newspaper Ad