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\nDpla: The Great Migration\n

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\nThis collection uses primary sources to explore the Great Migration of African Americans to the Northern and Midwestern states in the early 1900s. Set includes an overview, primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide.\n
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\nHistory Matters: Seven Letters From the Great Migration\n

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\nThese seven letters to the Chicago \"Defender,\" a black newspaper, offer accounts from individuals who chose to leave the South from 1916-1921 in search of better opportunities as a part of what is now known as the Great Migration.\n
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\nEncyclopedia of Chicago: Great Migration\n

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\nRead this historical account of events that became known as the Great Migration, the movement of African Americans from the South to the North, and the effect this had on Chicago and other urban northern cities.\n
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\nReading Through History: History Brief: The Great Migration\n

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\nA short video regarding the Great Migration of the 1910s and 20s, including the causes and effects of the migration. [4:18]\n
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\nAmistad Digital Resource: The Great Migration\n

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\nRead about the reasons for the Great Migration of African Americans from the Deep Sourth to northern cities in the first few decades of the 20th century. After the Great Depression, the migration numbers increased again. Find out what...\n
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\nStanford History Education Group: Great Migration\n

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\n[Free Registration/Login Required] Using primary sources, students will form their own conclusions as to why African-Americans moved north in large numbers during the early 1900's. Included in this lesson plan is a PowerPoint to use for...\n
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\nOpen Stax: Urbanization 1870 1900: Great Migration and New European Immigration\n

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\nWhat caused the influx of African Americans and European immigrants into urban centers in the late 19th century? Learn about some of the discriminatory and anti-immigrant laws that were enacted to restrict their rights. Includes a chart...\n
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\nThe Great Migration: Two American Tales Lesson Plan: The Immigrants' Experiences\n

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\nPart of an online exhibit that describes the experiences of migrants to the cities of the United States. Two American Tales asks students to compare and contrast the nearly contemporaneous experiences of European immigrants and...\n
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\nUniversity of Chicago Library: The Great Migration\n

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\nRead about the African American migration north in the early 20th Century through a collection of migrant letters and a lecture by scholar James Grossman.\n
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\nLoc: African American Mosaic: Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration\n

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\nDiscusses the housing arrangements of African Americans and those with incomes in the Chicago area. Includes several pictures and links to further related information.\n
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\nHartford Black History Project: Citizens of Color: Black Society After Civil War\n

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\nDiscusses the history of the African American community in Hartford, Connecticut, in terms of the migration of former slaves to the city right after the end of the Civil War. Also discusses a second wave of migration as African Americans...\n
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\nColumbia University: \"The Migration Series\" by Jacob Lawrence\n

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\nThis is a four slide-show examination of the pictorial series that the Harlem Renaissance artist Jacob Lawrence created in paint to tell the story of the \"The Great Migration\" of African-Americans from the Southern United States to the...\n
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\nAt the online home of the Winthrop Society find information on the early settlers of Massachusetts, the ships that brought them to America, the documents that the colonists lived by, and the Great Migration of Puritans to the New World.\n
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\nSiteseen: American Historama: The Great Migration of Ww1\n

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\nA comprehensive overview with many interesting facts and information about the movement of African Americans from the southern farmlands to the northern cities.\n
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\nPbs American Masters: Scientific American: Following Muddy's Trail\n

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\nThis site has a lesson plan on Muddy Waters focused on the American Masters documentary about him. Parallels the Great Migration with the growth of the blues music movement in America. Click on Muddy's name to access a detailed biography...\n
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\nLumen: American Literature: Video: American Puritanism I\n

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\nThis is a video [1:16:28] on American Puritanism featuring discussions of typology; John Calvin; Arminianism; materialism and idealism; phenomenal vs. noumenal; Puritan \"plain style\"; the form of the Puritan sermons; the Great Migration;...\n
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\nNational Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: New Art, Making of African American Identity: V. 3\n

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\nArtistic expressions of the new black self image inspired by migration to the urban North. This focus of this site is \"Song of the Towers\", a series of four murals sponsored by the federal Works Projects Administration, outlining black...\n
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\nNational Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Writing for Help, Making of African American Identity: V. 3\n

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\nLetters by African Americans seeking help to leave the South. They explore issues including identity, family, community, and the struggles induced by the need to migrate north.\n
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\nArt Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Walter Ellison: Train Station\n

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\nInformation and analysis about a painting by Walter Ellison, Train Station, held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago. It is a visual document of the Great Migration, a period in U.S. history when large numbers of African...\n
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\nPbs Learning Media: The African American Migration Story\n

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\nFrom the transatlantic slave trade to today's New Great Migration, learn about the major African-American migrations and how those movements changed the course of American history.\n
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\nNational Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: The Invention of the Aerial Age\n

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\nBeautiful, well-done site from the Smithsonian on the Wright Brothers: Who were they and what was the importance of the era they ushered in? Their roots are traced back to the Great Migration. Classroom activities and interactive...\n
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\nNational Geographic: The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Its Life Cycle\n

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\nEngage students with a retelling of Eric Carle's \"The Very Hungry Caterpillar\" and watch a video from \"Great Migrations\" to enhance scientific discovery of the life of a butterfly.\n
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\nNational Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: Volume Iii, 1917 1968: Migrations\n

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\nCollection of 11 primary resources exploring the migrations made by African Americans in the 20th Century and the effects they had. Includes text links, notes and questions for discussion.\n
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\nNew York Public Library: Africana Age: The Civil Rights Movement\n

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\nThis is an extensive review of the Civil Rights movement from the 1940s to the 1960s. Read about the ways African Americans protested discrimination in employment and education over several years. Be sure to click on the images to find...\n
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