Citing information is an essential step in the research process. This step guides you through determining if the information you have gathered is accurate and how to use it in your project/paper. During this stage we will compare sources, see if they share information and determine if that information should be used. Check out other sources and those throughout the guide and use these skills to compare your information.
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Compare the information about early human migration with this interactive map and a video from Learn360
Launch the maps and drag the time bar to explore early migration. Click on the colored circles to read facts about human migration related to the time frame. As you drag the time bar, arrows appear to show the direction of movement and the changing of the land.
Through DNA samples, Spencer Wells shows how everyone can trace their ancestry back to a group of Homo sapiens living in Africa. To the right, click on different sections of the video to see what they discovered about early migration.
Compare Jacob Lawrences family experience and information from Britannica about The Great Migration.
This book by Jacob Lawrence captures the story of The Great Migration. These paintings, created in 1940-41, tell the story of African Americans that left home, in the south, to seek work and better lives in the North. These paintings and narrative offer a glimpse into US History and the experiences of his family. What were the push and pull factors that caused this migration?
Dig deeper into the The Great Migration and Jacob Lawrence's story here and here.
African Americans left the south due to racial oppression and poor economic conditions-push factors-in search of work-pull factor- in the north. The movement of six million people is known as The Great Migration.
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California Academy of Sciences. (2021, February 24). Interactive Human Migration Map. PBS LearningMedia. https://iowa.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/interactive-human-migration-map/interactive-map/.
Films Media Group. (2009). The human family tree. Learn360. https://learn360.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=19038&xtid=52290.
Great Migration. (2021). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Great-Migration/603604
Lawrence, J (1993) The great migration: an american story. HarperTrophy https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=15607
Sankofa Read Aloud. (2019). The Great Migration. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfnHFzqZU1M.
OSLIS Elementary Videos. (2018, August 2). Citing sources: why & how you do it. YouTube. https://youtu.be/-JV9cLDCgas