Maps and Mapmaking

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.03.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. Historical Context
  4. Objectives
  5. Strategies
  6. Classroom Activities
  7. Appendix/Standards
  8. Annotated Bibliography and Teacher Resources
  9. Websites

Mapping the Great Migration 1916-1930: African American Movement from the South to the North

Stephanie R. Felder

Published September 2007

Tools for this Unit:

Websites

http://www.thenotebook.org/editions/2005/summer/where.htm

http://www.thenotebook.org/editions/2005/summer/highly.htm

http://www.thenotebook.org/editions/2005/winter/asante.htm

http://www.thenotebook.org/editions/2005/winter/review.htm

http://www.thenotebook.org/editions/2005/winter/newcourses.htm

www.hsp.org This is the website of the Pennsylvania Historical Society

www.inmotionaame.org This is the website of the In Motion exhibit at the Schomberg Center for African American Studies at the New York Public Library in Harlem. This website is especially good for studying all migrations of African peoples.

www.census.gov The official website of the United States Census Bureau

www.mappingdubois.org This website is a project of students and faculty at the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Design. Its overall goal is to revisit the 1896 study conducted by WEB DuBois and create and provide resources for teachers and students.

http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/DuBois/pnchi.html

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/history/odonnell/w1010/edit/migration/migration.html Website of that contains all sixty panels of Jacob Lawrence's Great Migration Series viewable online

http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/aacens38/History.htm The African American Census Historical Context: This website is useful for those interested in the study of African American History in Philadelphia and those who wish to research specific neighbor hoods in relation to race and ethnicity.

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5332/ This website is designed for high school and college teachers and students. It serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for teaching U.S. History. History Matters is a project of City University of New York and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.

www.270towin.com This is an interactive website that provides maps of presidential election results by "red and blue" states. You will be able to navigate through years from 1789 to 2008.

www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html Provides historical census data

www.mapsofpa.com This is an excellent websites for historic maps of Pennsylvania.

Comments:

Zoelene Hill

January 23, 2011 at 9:17 pm

Using Jacob Lawrence in Black Migration Lessons

This lesson was very helpful. I was looking for a way to add dimension to my lesson on the Great Black Migration. I did not know about Jacob Lawrence's migration series. Incorporating this into my lesson will allow my students to engage with this topic and time period through art. Thank you!

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