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Lesson 8 The Great Migration


 * Lesson Essential Question: How do push and pull factors limit democratic participation?**

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[|Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration] This site features information on Chicago as a destination for the Great Migration.
 * Library of Congress**

[|In Motion: The African American Migration Experience] Great Migration maps
 * The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture**

Learn how the [|Chicago Defender], a newspaper targeted for African Americans, helped to promote democracy through the use of their media outlet. They were able to use dramatic headlines and powerful images to capture the reader's attention and bring awareness to the horrible conditions affecting black Americans.

Check out this [|photo gallery] and captions to learn more about the African Americans who moved west with hopes of a better life.
 * Western Migration**

[|The Great Migration Readers' Theater Script] developed by Dr. Rosalind M. Flynn
 * Here is a great readers' theater to do with the whole class.**

The Harlem Renaissance