The Warmth of Other Suns Lesson Plan

Seeing the Migration

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will search through Library of Congress archives to find images from the Great Migration.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.9

Structure:

Wilkerson paints a vivid picture of the Migration with her words, but it's helpful to see actual pictures from the time period. Many images are available throughout the Library of Congress archives, but unfortunately they can be hard to find, since they were not labeled under "Great Migration" at the time. This page on the Library of Congress website gives tips on searching the archives for Migration images. Have...