Divide students into three small groups, and distribute one of the excerpts from Isabel Wilkerson’s The Warmth of Other Suns to each group.

Have each group read their assigned excerpt and answer the following questions about it, in writing:

• Whose story does this excerpt tell?
• List three characteristics about the person from the reading.
• What caused the person to participate in the Great Migration? Label each cause as a push or pull factor.
• What can you conclude about the Great Migration from this reading?
• What questions do you have about the Great Migration after reading this story?

Instruct each group to create an artistic representation of their person’s story from the excerpt. They can choose between writing a poem, creating an art work, or creating a song or rap.

Conclude the class by having each group share their poem/art/song with the class, and have a final discussion of the following question:

• What factors caused the Great Migration?