LESSON PLAN: Train Station (1936) by Walter Ellison (grades K-12)

[Ryan Goble]

Another great lesson plan (with great American history connections) from the Art Institute of Chicago Education Department.

Classroom Resource: Train Station (1936) by Walter Ellison (grades K-12)

Ellison portrayed a train station in his native Georgia and commented on the racial climate in the United States in the 1930s. White Southerners board trains for vacation destinations, while African Americans journey north to seek jobs during the Great Migration of rural blacks to urban centers such as Detroit and Chicago.  

Link to lesson plan.

High res artwork link.