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This Explore Art and Movement Inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series lesson plan also includes:
- Google Doc Version (Make a Copy)
- Jacob Lawrence - The Migration Series
- Migration Panel 58
- Worksheet and Lawrence Quote Handout (Google Doc)
- Entire 60 Panels of “The Migration Series”
- Remembering the Great Migration with Jacob Lawrence
- Revisiting the Great Migration through Paintings and Poetry
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Panel 58 from Jacob Lawrence's "Migration Series" of paintings provides middle schoolers with an opportunity to sharpen their observation and analytical skills. After engaging in a warm-up activity that introduces the concepts of direction, level, and line, learners apply these concepts to their analysis of Lawrence's painting.
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Instructional Ideas
- Use the lesson during a study of The Great Migration, of the Harlem Renaissance, or during February's Black History Month
- Have groups research the other panels in the Migration series of paintings
Classroom Considerations
- Projection equipment is required to display the painting and the videos
- Copies of the worksheet are also required
Pros
- The warm-up activity provides a context for the observation of key elements of the painting
- The two-day plan is carefully scaffolded and richly detailed
- Activities that extend the lesson are included
Cons
- None