The Great Migration Day 9 - Life in the North

As a summary activity for our unit, you will imagine that you are an African-American, who has moved to the North during the Great Migration.

In order to complete this assignment, carefully analyze the following handout.  Explore what living conditions, employment opportunities, and community activities were like for African-Americans who had moved to the North during the Great Migration.

You will compose a letter in the imagined voice of an African American who has moved to the north, and is writing to a relative living in the south.  Reference details from the handout, to illustrate what life is like in a northern city.

In composing your letter, you should answer the following questions:

• What state are you originally from? 
• Where do you currently work, and how does it compare to the work you did before moving
• How would you describe your living situation?
• How do you spend your time when you are not at work?
• How has your new life in the North met the expectations you had before moving? How has it not?
• What role has Blues music played in your life since moving from the South? Where, when, and how do you most often listen to Blues music?

You will be evaluated using the following RUBRIC 

DUE DATE:  

• 1st Draft: Wednesday October 26th
• 2nd Draft: Thursday October 27th
• FINAL DRAFT: FRIDAY OCTOBER 28th

***LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED***