Teaching Guide

Great Migration

Interviewing

Places to go

Harlem's Literary Expression

Definitions of Poetry Terms

Selected Poems

Poetry Recitation

Join the Great American Poets

Implementation Guide

Causes and effects leading to the Harlem Renaissance

Read handout and articles linked below describing the African American Migration of the early 1900s and answer the following questions:

1. Why were Northern cities attractive to African Americans?
2. List three reasons why African Americans left the South for Northern cities.
3. List three Southern areas from which migrating African Americans chose New York.
4. List two popular Southern areas from which migrating African Americans chose Chicago.

Read the following:

UCLA's Great Migration

Striving for a Better Future: The Great Migration

African American World: The Great Migration

Reflections on the Meaning of the Great Migration
by James R. Grossman