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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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Monday, March 8, 2010
What should you pack?
Packing List
Always dress in layers and bring a jacket. It is often much cooler and windier by the lake than you expect, or feels colder than you think based on the temperature alone. The weather is expected to be 35-45 degrees and windy.
Friday: Your choice (on the train overnight, bring layers the train can be cold)
Saturday: School Uniform (khaki and blue polo)
Sunday: Great Migration Shirt (over a sweatshirt or thermal) and Jeans
Monday/Tuesday: Your choice (on the train overnight, bring layers the train can be cold)
- Photo ID (if you have one)
- Phone/Phone charger
- Book/magazines
- Headphones
- Camera
- Snacks
- Reusable water bottle
- Sunglasses
- Small pillow or small blanket (for the train)
- Umbrella and/or rain coat
- Spending money/gift card (students will need this for souvenirs or additional things not already covered in the trip)
- Class Materials
- Great Migration folder
- Pens/Pencils
- Notebook/paper
List for Suitcase:
- Walking shoes (2 pairs) - We will be walking A LOT!
- Blue school uniform polo
- Great Migration shirt
- Sweater/sweatshirt x 2
- Thermal shirt
- Khaki pants
- Jeans (1-2 pair)
- Winter coat
- Hat, Gloves, Scarf
- Bathing suit (the hotel will have a pool)
- Pajamas
- Socks & underwear (one pair per day)
- Toiletries
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste/floss
- Comb/brush
- Shampoo, soap
- Glasses/contacts/contact solution
- Deodorant
- Medication/inhalers (please tell us)
Remember: Whatever you bring you are responsible for. This means you will have to carry your own luggage and protect your own belongings. Do not over pack!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Jacob Lawrence and the Great Migration Series
Artist Biography
One of the biggest population shifts in the history of the United States occurred during the period around World War I as hundreds of African Americans left their homes and farms in the South and migrated north to industrial cities in search of employment.
Jacob Lawrence grew up knowing people on the move. Indeed, his own family was part of the first big wave of migration between 1916 and 1919. His parents met while they were en route to New York. His mother was from Virginia, while his father was born in South Carolina.
Lawrence was born in 1917 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. When he was 13, the family moved to Harlem in New York City. There Lawrence went to school and attended an after-school arts-and crafts program. It was during this period that he decided to become an artist. At first, he just made designs but later
progressed to painting street scenes.
Inspiration was not far away. Friends and teachers helped him understand how his own experiences fit into the history of all African Americans in the United States. He also spent countless hours at the Schomburg Library, reading books about the great migration.
In 1940, at the age of 22, he began his Migration series. One year later it was completed. The series consisted of 60 numbered panels that told the story of the people who made the choice to move away from their homes. In his own words, “. . . I wanted to show what made the people get on those northbound trains. I also wanted to show what it cost to ride them.” Each panel measured a mere 18" x 12" (45 cm x 30 cm), but altogether they made a powerful and moving statement.
Great Web Resources
Experience Lawrence's "Migration Series"
Click HERE to see the play created by Greenville Renaissance Scholars about the Migration.
The Great Migration by Jacob Lawrence (HarperCollins Publishers, 1993).
One of the biggest population shifts in the history of the United States occurred during the period around World War I as hundreds of African Americans left their homes and farms in the South and migrated north to industrial cities in search of employment.
Jacob Lawrence grew up knowing people on the move. Indeed, his own family was part of the first big wave of migration between 1916 and 1919. His parents met while they were en route to New York. His mother was from Virginia, while his father was born in South Carolina.
Lawrence was born in 1917 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. When he was 13, the family moved to Harlem in New York City. There Lawrence went to school and attended an after-school arts-and crafts program. It was during this period that he decided to become an artist. At first, he just made designs but later
progressed to painting street scenes.
Inspiration was not far away. Friends and teachers helped him understand how his own experiences fit into the history of all African Americans in the United States. He also spent countless hours at the Schomburg Library, reading books about the great migration.
In 1940, at the age of 22, he began his Migration series. One year later it was completed. The series consisted of 60 numbered panels that told the story of the people who made the choice to move away from their homes. In his own words, “. . . I wanted to show what made the people get on those northbound trains. I also wanted to show what it cost to ride them.” Each panel measured a mere 18" x 12" (45 cm x 30 cm), but altogether they made a powerful and moving statement.
Great Web Resources
Experience Lawrence's "Migration Series"
Click HERE to see the play created by Greenville Renaissance Scholars about the Migration.
The Great Migration by Jacob Lawrence (HarperCollins Publishers, 1993).
"One Way Ticket" By Langston Hughes
Listen to Langston Hughes read this poem!
One Way Ticket
One Way Ticket
By Langston HughesI pick up my life,
And take it with me,
And I put it down in
Chicago, Detroit,
Buffalo, Scranton,
Any place that is
North and East,
And not Dixie.I pick up my life
And take it on the train,
To Los Angeles, Bakersfield,
Seattle, Oakland, Salt Lake
Any place that is
North and West,
And not South.I am fed up
With Jim Crow laws,
People who are cruel
And afraid,
Who lynch and run,
Who are scared of me
And me of themI pick up my life
And take it away
On a one-way ticket-
Gone up North
Gone out West
Gone
Great Migration Artwork
Great Sites about the Great Migration
AAME: Great Migration Site: http://www.inmotionaame.org/migrations/landing.cfm?migration=8&bhcp=1
- Students: Click on these websites to explore the gallery of images taken during the early 1900s of segregation. Examine how these photos "pushed" African Americans to leave the South and migrate North.
AAME: Great Migration Site: http://www.inmotionaame.org/migrations/landing.cfm?migration=8&bhcp=1
- Once you have viewed these historic photos, go through African American artist, Jacob Lawrence's, Great Migration Series. The series is divided into four parts. What would be a good name for each of the parts of the series?
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