The First Great Migration (1910-1940)
https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/wwi/great-migration
The Long-Lasting Legacy of the Great MigrationWhen millions of African-Americans fled the South in search of a better life, they remade the nation in ways that are still being felt
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/long-lasting-legacy-great-migration-180960118/
World War I And The Great Migration https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/BAIC/Historical-Essays/Temporary-Farewell/World-War-I-And-Great-Migration/
The Great Migration summary
https://www.amistadresource.org/plantation_to_ghetto/the_great_migration.html
infographic/visualization of the Great Migration
https://www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/020/
https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/wwi/great-migration
The Long-Lasting Legacy of the Great MigrationWhen millions of African-Americans fled the South in search of a better life, they remade the nation in ways that are still being felt
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/long-lasting-legacy-great-migration-180960118/
World War I And The Great Migration https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/BAIC/Historical-Essays/Temporary-Farewell/World-War-I-And-Great-Migration/
The Great Migration summary
https://www.amistadresource.org/plantation_to_ghetto/the_great_migration.html
infographic/visualization of the Great Migration
https://www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/020/
The Great Migration: Crash Course Black American History #24
Primary Sources
Primary source sets: the Great Migration
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-great-migration
A map of the migration patterns of African Americans from 1900 to 1929
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-great-migration/sources/531
An excerpt from Negro Migration in 1916-1917, a report by the U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Negro Economics, 1919.
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-great-migration/sources/532
Oral history interviews
These interviews—conducted in the 1980s with African Americans who had migrated north during the 1910s and 1920s and with those in Philadelphia who witnessed their arrival—reveal the complex struggles to overcome racism both in the South and in Philadelphia; the search for opportunities in the North; and the worlds of church, work, school, and entertainment which these individuals inhabited.
Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam011.html
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-great-migration
A map of the migration patterns of African Americans from 1900 to 1929
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-great-migration/sources/531
An excerpt from Negro Migration in 1916-1917, a report by the U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Negro Economics, 1919.
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-great-migration/sources/532
Oral history interviews
These interviews—conducted in the 1980s with African Americans who had migrated north during the 1910s and 1920s and with those in Philadelphia who witnessed their arrival—reveal the complex struggles to overcome racism both in the South and in Philadelphia; the search for opportunities in the North; and the worlds of church, work, school, and entertainment which these individuals inhabited.
Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam011.html
Lesson Plan
An interactive story of The Great Migration
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/on-african-american-migrations/
Great Migration Handout
https://americanexperience.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/The-Great-Migration.pdf
Lesson Abstract
Students will learn about the Great Migration through discussion, analyzing primary sources in cooperative groups, watching a TED Talk, and reading an excerpt of a secondary source.
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/lesson-plans/great-migration-lesson-plan
As many African Americans made the trip from the South to the North in search of a better life, train travel was one of the most widely used modes of transportation. In this lesson, students will:
https://www.phillipscollection.org/lesson-plan/great-migration-traveling-distance
Purpose: In this lesson students will examine artwork, poetry, letters, and photographs in order to determine the “push and pull” factors associated with the Great Migration of black Americans in the early 20th century.
Grades (6-8)
https://cdn5-ss3.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_805570/File/grt%20migration.pdf
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/on-african-american-migrations/
Great Migration Handout
https://americanexperience.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/The-Great-Migration.pdf
Lesson Abstract
Students will learn about the Great Migration through discussion, analyzing primary sources in cooperative groups, watching a TED Talk, and reading an excerpt of a secondary source.
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/lesson-plans/great-migration-lesson-plan
As many African Americans made the trip from the South to the North in search of a better life, train travel was one of the most widely used modes of transportation. In this lesson, students will:
- Understand how migrants travelled from the South to the North
- Identify which Northern cities saw the greatest numbers of migrants
- Calculate the distance traveled by the migrants between Southern and Northern cities
- Explain why migrants may have made such a long and dangerous trip
https://www.phillipscollection.org/lesson-plan/great-migration-traveling-distance
Purpose: In this lesson students will examine artwork, poetry, letters, and photographs in order to determine the “push and pull” factors associated with the Great Migration of black Americans in the early 20th century.
Grades (6-8)
https://cdn5-ss3.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_805570/File/grt%20migration.pdf