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What Was the Great Migration?

K-5
One class period
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Learning Objectives

  • Describe the Great Migration
  • Identify push and pull factors that led to the Great Migration
  • Compare fictional and informational accounts
  • Gather information about the past from primary sources to answer the question: “What was the Great Migration?”
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Overview

Historians make connections. In this lesson, students will learn about the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the North in the early 20th century. Students will learn vocabulary, listen to a story, and analyze photographs. They will have the opportunity to make connections to answer the mystery question: “What was the Great Migration?”

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ELA/Literacy
History Connection
Inquiry-based
Primary Source
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