USHG: Great Migration Primary Source Activity

UNIT:

Unit 5a: Great Migration & Harlem Renaissance

LESSON TITLE:

Great Migration Primary Source Activity

STANDARDS:

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LESSON OVERVIEW:

Students will take part in an analysis of primary source material about the Great Migration of the late 1800s and early 1900s and respond to guiding questions at the end of class

OBJECTIVE:

I can explain the reasons for the Great Migration of the late 1800s and early 1900s

ASSESSMENT / EVALUATION:

Students will respond to guiding questions at the end of class

INSTRUCTION:

1. Students will recall terminology and concept about the Jim Crow Era

2. Students will engage in explicit direct instruction as an introduction to the activity

3. Students will read various primary sources and respond to guiding questions