Preview this TitleThe Great Migration: An American Story
by Jacob Lawrence and Walter Dean Myers
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- Grade
- 3-12
- 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
- Curricular Area
- Art
- History
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- 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
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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
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Author Interviews 15
Meet-the-Author Movie with Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Children’s Literature Legacy Award Speech given by Christopher Myers on behalf of Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture, 2009, given by Walter Dean Myers
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On promoting reading and education with Walter Dean Myers
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On re-engaging teens in their communities with Walter Dean Myers
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On how schools are using his books with Walter Dean Myers
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On his pre-writing formula with Walter Dean Myers
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On being a teen with Walter Dean Myers
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 2
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
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