THE GREAT MIGRATION (1900-1940)The Age of Reform: Progressivism and the New Deal

Emphasized Standards:USII.9 Analyze the post-Civil War struggles of African Americans and women to gain basic civil rights. (H)

USII.10 Describe how the battle between traditionalism and modernity manifested itself in the major historical trends and events after World War I and throughout the 1920s. (H)

Essential Questions:• Why do people leave home? • How do hopes, values and traditions shape people’s actions? • How do people adapt to change?

Themes:• TIME, CONTINUITY, AND CHANGE

THE GREAT MIGRATION (1900-1940)The Age of Reform: Progressivism and the New Deal

By the end of this Lesson Plan:

Students should know:• The following terms: A. Migration B. Great Migration C. Push and pull D. Jim Crow South• The geographic migration patterns of the Great Migration

Students should understand:• The causes and effects of the Great Migration• Why people move and leave their homes behind• Why people resist change• How people adapt to change in different ways

Students should be able to:• Evaluate the reasons why people left the South during the Great Migration• Identify what values and culture people brought with them to the North and West• Analyze the resistance and racism African Americans faced in the North & the West & how it was different from & similar to the South

THE GREAT MIGRATION (1900-1940)The Age of Reform: Progressivism and the New Deal

DO NOW / HOOK:Complete the following writing prompt about the image:

1. What do you see? 2. What do you think this person is doing? Why?

THE GREAT MIGRATION (1900-1940)The Age of Reform: Progressivism and the New Deal

PRESENTATIONDigital HistoryBased on the brief summary you just read and the title of the Jacob Lawrence painting, in what ways might the painting connect to the Great Migration?

PAINTING:Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000). The Migration of the Negro Panel no. 57, 1940–1941. Casein tempera on hardboard. 18 x 12 in. (45.72 x 30.48 cm). Acquired 1942. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

THE GREAT MIGRATION (1900-1940)The Age of Reform: Progressivism and the New Deal

VOCABULARY:

• Migrationa number or body of persons or animals migrating together.

• Great MigrationThe movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1910 and 1970.

• Push and Pull

• Jim Crow South

Separate but Equal Laws

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THE GREAT MIGRATION (1900-1940)The Age of Reform: Progressivism and the New Deal

PRACTICE/APPLICATION

When Lawrence created these paintings he placed them in order to correspond with the journeys of migrants from beginning to end. You will see 9 images. All of them are from different parts of the migrants' journeys. 1. Decide, as a group, what you believe each painting is attempting to portray about the Great Migration. 2. By looking at the images (or image cards), place the paintings in the order you think they belong from beginning to end.See all 60 panels - descriptions

THE GREAT MIGRATION (1900-1940)The Age of Reform: Progressivism and the New Deal

Voices of the Great Migration: Letters & InterviewsAttached Documents

Explore letters and interviews from the voices of people experiencing the Great Migration. Students will analyze the letters for

*evidence of what migrants left behind in their southern towns and cities,

*what hopes, values and skills migrants brought with them to the North,

*and what they found and experienced when they arrived in the North.