The Great Migration: An American Story
by Jacob Lawrence and Walter Dean Myers
According to Lawrence, his sequence of paintings, begun in 1940 when he was 22 years... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1993
Word Count 674
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 9593, 0.5 AR Points
- Subject Headings
- African Americans in art--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Painting, American
- Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | United States
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000--Juvenile literature
- Migration, Internal
- African Americans--History
- African Americans
- Lawrence, Jacob
- History
- African Americans in art
- Rural-urban migration in art--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Rural-urban migration in art
- Lists With This Book
- ReadyGEN
- ReadyGEN Trade Book List, Grade 5
- Sample: EL Education, Grades 6-8
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Movie with Walter Dean Myers
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Walter Dean Myers
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Walter Dean Myers
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 9
Meet-the-Author Movie with Walter Dean Myers
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by NPR
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by StoryCorps
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by Huffington Post
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by PBS
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by Library of Congress
Children’s Literature Legacy Award Speech given by Christopher Myers on behalf of Walter Dean Myers
Created by Association for Library Service to Children - ALSC
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by Reading Rockets
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture, 2009, given by Walter Dean Myers
Created by American Library Association
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Awards & Distinctions 2
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
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